Famous Personalities Born In December - 17
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
1239 Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.
1267 On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)
1493 On December - 17 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 Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.
1619 Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.
1632 Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.
1638 Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.
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 Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire) was born on December - 17.
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 December - 17.
1770 On December - 17 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 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 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 On this day in history birth of samuel Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
1820 On December - 17 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 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1830 Jules de Goncourt, France, novelist (Germinie) was born on December - 17.
1833 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of berthold Tours, composer
1840 On December - 17 birth of christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer
1842 On December - 17 birth of marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups)
1847 Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916) was born on December - 17.