Famous Birthdays 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 this day in history.  

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

1554  On December - 17 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 December - 17.  

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.  

1685  Thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740) was born on December - 17.  

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

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

1734  On December - 17 birth of william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1734  On December - 17 birth of maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816)  

1749  Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto) was born on this day in history.  

1770  On this day in history 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  Gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator (Great Hung dictionary) was born on this day in history.  

1801  Johan NMJ, king of Saxon (1854-73) (translated Divina Commedia) was born on this day in history.  

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

1819  Samuel Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born on December - 17.  

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 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 December - 17.  

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

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  Ã‰mile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916) was born on December - 17.  

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0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)  

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 this day in history 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  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.