Famous Birthdays In December - 17

1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.  

1267  On December - 17 birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)  

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)  

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on December - 17.  

1619  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician  

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)  

1632  On December - 17 birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)  

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.  

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

1706  Chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer was born on December - 17.  

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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  On this day in history birth of maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816)  

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 December - 17 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 this day in history birth of joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism  

1800  On this day in history 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 December - 17.  

1807  John Greenleaf Whittier, US, poet (Snow-bound) was born on this day in history.  

1819  Samuel Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born on this day in history.  

1820  Frederick Tracy Dent, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on December - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1833  James Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.  

1835  On December - 17 birth of alexander E Agassiz, US, businessman/biologist/geology  

1838  On December - 17 birth of berthold Tours, composer  

1840  On December - 17 birth of christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer  

1842  On this day in history birth of marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups)  

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

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0535  On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)  

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.  

0942  Death of William Longsword on December - 17.  

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

1195  On December - 17 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  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.