Famous Personalities Born In February - 17
Monday, 07 July 2025
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.