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

1554  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer   

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

1706  On this day in history birth of chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer   

1706  On this day in history birth of gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire)   

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  Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto) was born on this day in history.   

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  Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.   

1797  On this day in history 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  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  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  On December - 17 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 December - 17.   

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

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

1838  Berthold Tours, composer was born on December - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

1187  On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

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

1213  On this day in history jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

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

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.