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  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.  

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 17.  

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  

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  Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto) was born on December - 17.  

1770  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Schubert, composer  

1778  Hunphry Davy, English chemist (discovered some elements) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 December - 17.  

1807  John Greenleaf Whittier, US, poet (Snow-bound) was born on December - 17.  

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 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 December - 17 birth of manning Ferguson Force, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1899  

1824  Thomas Starr King, NY, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity) was born on December - 17.  

1830  Jules de Goncourt, France, novelist (Germinie) was born on December - 17.  

1833  James Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 was born on December - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1847  On this day in history birth of Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916)  

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0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.  

0695  On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]  

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  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53  

1273  On this day in history death of rumi (b.1207)  

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies