Famous Birthdays In December - 17
Saturday, 02 December 2023
1239 On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)
1267 Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.
1493 On December - 17 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 December - 17 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 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 this day in history.
1706 Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire) was born on this day in history.
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 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 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 Joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism was born on December - 17.
1800 Gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator (Great Hung dictionary) was born on December - 17.
1801 On this day in history birth of johan NMJ, king of Saxon (1854-73) (translated Divina Commedia)
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 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 December - 17.
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 December - 17.
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 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 this day in history.
1840 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer was born on December - 17.
1842 Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups) was born on December - 17.
1847 On December - 17 birth of Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916)