Famous Birthdays In December - 17

1239  On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)  

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on December - 17.  

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on this day in history.  

1554  On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne  

1619  On December - 17 birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician  

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.  

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.  

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer  

1685  Thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740) was born on this day in history.  

1706  On December - 17 birth of chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer  

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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  Maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816) was born on December - 17.  

1749  On this day in history birth of domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto)  

1770  On December - 17 birth of johann Friedrich Schubert, composer  

1778  On this day in history birth of hunphry Davy, English chemist (discovered some elements)  

1796  On this day in history birth of thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (d. 1865)  

1797  On December - 17 birth of joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism  

1800  Gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator (Great Hung dictionary) was born on December - 17.  

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  Frederick West Lander, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 was born on this day in history.  

1824  John Kerr, System physicist (electro-visually Kerr-effect) was born on December - 17.  

1824  Manning Ferguson Force, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.  

1824  On December - 17 birth of thomas Starr King, NY, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity)  

1830  On December - 17 birth of jules de Goncourt, France, novelist (Germinie)  

1833  On this day in history birth of james Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1893  

1835  Alexander E Agassiz, US, businessman/biologist/geology was born on December - 17.  

1838  Berthold Tours, composer was born on this day in history.  

1840  On this day in history birth of christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer  

1842  Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups) was born on this day in history.  

1847  Ã‰mile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916) was born on this day in history.  

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0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)  

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.  

0942  Death of William Longsword on December - 17.  

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies  

1195  On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies  

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1273  On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)  

1471  On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies