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Famous Birthdays In August - 17

Monday, 11 December 2023

1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1586  On this day in history birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1720  On August - 17 birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1768  Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1775  On this day in history birth of philippe Libon, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1779  On this day in history birth of franz de Paula Roser, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1786  On this day in history birth of davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1786  Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, mother of Queen Victoria (d. 1861) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1794  Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest (d. 1849) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1811  On August - 17 birth of johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1817  Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1819  On August - 17 birth of james Henry Van Alen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  On this day in history birth of george William Warren, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  On this day in history birth of jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist (d. 1897)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1834  On this day in history birth of peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (Leie/Rubens Cantata)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1839  Hubert Platt Main, composer was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1839  Thijs [Matthijs] Maris, Dutch painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1840  Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1841  Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1844  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1851  Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1856  On this day in history birth of violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1863  On August - 17 birth of gene Stratton-Porter, American author and naturalist (d. 1924)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1866  Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1866  On this day in history birth of julia Marlowe, English actress (d. 1950)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1870  On this day in history birth of frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1873  John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (d. 1946) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1876  Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1876  On August - 17 birth of henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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List Of Famous Birthdays In August

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Famous Deaths In August - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1153  On this day in history death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1304  On August - 17 death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1464  On this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1510  On August - 17 death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1635  On August - 17 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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