Famous Birthdays In February - 17
Monday, 19 April 2021
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 J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on February - 17.
1646 On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on this day in history.
1667 On February - 17 birth of georg Bronner, composer
1675 Johann Melchior Conradi, composer was born on this day in history.
1696 On this day in history birth of baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer was born on February - 17.
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 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 this day in history.
1752 Friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr) was born on February - 17.
1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer was born on February - 17.
1754 On this day in history birth of nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
1758 On this day in history birth of john Pinkerton, Scottish historian
1774 Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born on February - 17.
1781 René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) was born on February - 17.
1796 On February - 17 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 this day in history birth of friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer
1816 On this day in history 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 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 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 this day in history.