Famous Birthdays In December - 17
Monday, 18 March 2024
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 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 this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician
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 December - 17.
1638 Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.
1685 Thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740) was born on this day in history.
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 On December - 17 birth of maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816)
1749 On this day in history birth of domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto)
1770 Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer was born on this day in history.
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 December - 17.
1801 Johan NMJ, king of Saxon (1854-73) (translated Divina Commedia) was born on December - 17.
1807 On December - 17 birth of john Greenleaf Whittier, US, poet (Snow-bound)
1819 On December - 17 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 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 December - 17.
1824 On this day in history birth of manning Ferguson Force, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1824 On this day in history 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 James Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 was born on December - 17.
1835 On December - 17 birth of alexander E Agassiz, US, businessman/biologist/geology
1838 Berthold Tours, composer was born on December - 17.
1840 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer was born on December - 17.
1842 On this day in history birth of marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups)
1847 Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916) was born on December - 17.