Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

1444  On this day in history birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on February - 17.   

1519  On this day in history birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  On February - 17 birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  On February - 17 birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on February - 17.   

1653  On February - 17 birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on February - 17.   

1675  Johann Melchior Conradi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1696  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer was born on this day in history.   

1697  Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer was born on this day in history.   

1699  On February - 17 birth of hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)   

1718  Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790) was born on February - 17.   

1723  On February - 17 birth of tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination   

1740  On this day in history birth of horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist   

1747  On February - 17 birth of narciso Casanovas, composer   

1752  On this day in history birth of friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)   

1754  Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer was born on February - 17.   

1754  Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) was born on February - 17.   

1758  John Pinkerton, Scottish historian was born on this day in history.   

1774  On February - 17 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 February - 17 birth of giovanni Pacini, composer   

1796  Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866) was born on February - 17.   

1804  Samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 was born on February - 17.   

1816  Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer was born on February - 17.   

1816  On this day in history birth of haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864)   

1820  On February - 17 birth of henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)   

1820  On this day in history birth of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)   

1821  On this day in history birth of lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861)   

1824  On February - 17 birth of william Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903   

1831  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer was born on February - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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0364  On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on February - 17.   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)