Famous Birthdays In February - 17
Sunday, 24 September 2023
1444 Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on February - 17.
1490 Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on this day in history.
1519 Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on February - 17.
1581 On February - 17 birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)
1583 On this day in history birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
1646 Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.
1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on February - 17.
1667 On February - 17 birth of georg Bronner, composer
1675 On this day in history birth of johann Melchior Conradi, composer
1696 On February - 17 birth of baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
1697 On this day in history birth of louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer
1699 Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci) was born on February - 17.
1718 Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.
1723 Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination was born on this day in history.
1740 On February - 17 birth of horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist
1747 Narciso Casanovas, composer was born on February - 17.
1752 Friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr) was born on February - 17.
1754 On February - 17 birth of jan Jachym Kopriva, composer
1754 On this day in history birth of nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
1758 On February - 17 birth of john Pinkerton, Scottish historian
1774 On this day in history birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)
1781 René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) was born on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history birth of giovanni Pacini, composer
1796 On February - 17 birth of philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)
1804 On this day in history birth of samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1816 On February - 17 birth of friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer
1816 On February - 17 birth of haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864)
1820 On this day in history birth of henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)
1820 Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898) was born on February - 17.
1821 On this day in history birth of lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861)
1824 On this day in history birth of william Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903
1831 On this day in history birth of francisco Salvador Daniel, composer
1836 Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.
1837 Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 was born on February - 17.