Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

1444  On February - 17 birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On February - 17 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  On this day in history birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on February - 17.   

1667  On February - 17 birth of georg Bronner, composer   

1675  Johann Melchior Conradi, composer was born on February - 17.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1758  John Pinkerton, Scottish historian was born on February - 17.   

1774  On February - 17 birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

1781  On February - 17 birth of rené-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)   

1796  Giovanni Pacini, composer was born on February - 17.   

1796  On this day in history 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  Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons) was born on this day in history.   

1820  Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898) was born on February - 17.   

1821  On February - 17 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  On this day in history birth of gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)   

1837  On this day in history birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902   

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

0956  On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

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

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

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