Famous Birthdays In December - 17
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
1239 Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.
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 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 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 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 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 On this day in history birth of domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto)
1770 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
1778 Hunphry Davy, English chemist (discovered some elements) was born on December - 17.
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 this day in history.
1800 Gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator (Great Hung dictionary) was born on this day in history.
1801 On this day in history birth of johan NMJ, king of Saxon (1854-73) (translated Divina Commedia)
1807 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1821 On this day in history birth of frederick West Lander, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1824 John Kerr, System physicist (electro-visually Kerr-effect) was born on this day in history.
1824 On December - 17 birth of manning Ferguson Force, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1824 On December - 17 birth of thomas Starr King, NY, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity)
1830 On this day in history birth of jules de Goncourt, France, novelist (Germinie)
1833 On this day in history birth of james Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
1835 Alexander E Agassiz, US, businessman/biologist/geology was born on this day in history.
1838 Berthold Tours, composer was born on December - 17.
1840 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer was born on this day in history.
1842 On December - 17 birth of marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups)
1847 On December - 17 birth of Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916)