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Famous Birthdays In December - 17
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
1239 On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) 
1267 On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)
1493 On December - 17 birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)
1554 On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne
1619 Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.
1619 On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)
1632 Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.
1638 Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.
1685 Thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740) was born on December - 17.
1706 Chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer was born on December - 17.
1706 Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire) was born on this day in history.
1734 On this day in history birth of william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1734 On December - 17 birth of maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816)
1749 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto) was born on this day in history.
1770 Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer was born on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history birth of hunphry Davy, English chemist (discovered some elements)
1796 Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.
1797 On December - 17 birth of joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism
1800 On December - 17 birth of gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator (Great Hung dictionary)
1801 Johan NMJ, king of Saxon (1854-73) (translated Divina Commedia) was born on this day in history.
1807 On this day in history birth of john Greenleaf Whittier, US, poet (Snow-bound)
1819 On December - 17 birth of samuel Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
1820 On December - 17 birth of frederick Tracy Dent, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1821 On this day in history birth of frederick West Lander, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1824 On this day in history birth of john Kerr, System physicist (electro-visually Kerr-effect)
1824 On this day in history birth of manning Ferguson Force, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1824 On this day in history birth of thomas Starr King, NY, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity)
1830 Jules de Goncourt, France, novelist (Germinie) was born on this day in history.
1833 On December - 17 birth of james Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
1835 Alexander E Agassiz, US, businessman/biologist/geology was born on this day in history.
1838 Berthold Tours, composer was born on this day in history.
1840 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer was born on December - 17.
1842 On December - 17 birth of marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups)
1847 On December - 17 birth of Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916)