Famous Birthdays In February - 17
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
1444 On February - 17 birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1490 On February - 17 birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)
1519 Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
1653 On this day in history birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)
1667 Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.
1675 Johann Melchior Conradi, composer was born on this day in history.
1696 On February - 17 birth of baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer was born on February - 17.
1699 On this day in history birth of hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)
1718 On this day in history birth of matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)
1723 On this day in history birth of tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination
1740 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist was born on February - 17.
1747 Narciso Casanovas, composer was born on February - 17.
1752 Friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr) was born on February - 17.
1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer was born on this day in history.
1754 On this day in history birth of nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
1758 John Pinkerton, Scottish historian was born on this day in history.
1774 Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born on this day in history.
1781 On this day in history birth of rené-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)
1796 On this day in history birth of giovanni Pacini, composer
1796 Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866) was born on February - 17.
1804 On February - 17 birth of samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1816 On February - 17 birth of friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer
1816 Haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864) was born on February - 17.
1820 On February - 17 birth of henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)
1820 On February - 17 birth of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)
1821 Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.
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 On February - 17 birth of gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
1837 On February - 17 birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902