Famous Birthdays In December - 17
Friday, 25 October 2024
1239 Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.
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 Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.
1619 On December - 17 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 On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer
1685 On December - 17 birth of thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740)
1706 Chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer was born on December - 17.
1706 On this day in history birth of gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire)
1734 William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.
1734 Maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816) was born on this day in history.
1749 On December - 17 birth of domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto)
1770 Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer was born on this day in history.
1778 Hunphry Davy, English chemist (discovered some elements) was born on this day in history.
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 Gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator (Great Hung dictionary) was born on this day in history.
1801 On December - 17 birth of johan NMJ, king of Saxon (1854-73) (translated Divina Commedia)
1807 On December - 17 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 this day in history birth of frederick Tracy Dent, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1821 On December - 17 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 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 Jules de Goncourt, France, novelist (Germinie) was born on December - 17.
1833 On December - 17 birth of james Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
1835 On this day in history birth of alexander E Agassiz, US, businessman/biologist/geology
1838 Berthold Tours, composer was born on December - 17.
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 December - 17.