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Famous Personalities Born In August - 17

Saturday, 10 May 2025

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

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1601  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1720  On this day in history birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1753  On this day in history birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1775  Philippe Libon, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1779  Franz de Paula Roser, composer was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1786  Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1786  On this day in history birth of princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, mother of Queen Victoria (d. 1861)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1794  Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest (d. 1849) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1817  Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1819  James Henry Van Alen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  George William Warren, composer was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist (d. 1897) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1839  On this day in history birth of thijs [Matthijs] Maris, Dutch painter/etcher  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1840  Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1841  On this day in history birth of luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1844  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1863  Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and naturalist (d. 1924) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1866  On August - 17 birth of mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1866  On August - 17 birth of julia Marlowe, English actress (d. 1950)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1870  Frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1876  Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1876  Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940 was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Deaths In August - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

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

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

1304  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1553  On this day in history charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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