Famous Birthdays In February - 17
Monday, 20 March 2023
1444 On this day in history birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1490 On this day in history birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)
1519 On this day in history birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)
1581 On this day in history 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 February - 17.
1675 On February - 17 birth of johann Melchior Conradi, composer
1696 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer was born on February - 17.
1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer was born on this day in history.
1699 On this day in history birth of hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)
1718 On February - 17 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 this day in history.
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 Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.
1758 On February - 17 birth of john Pinkerton, Scottish historian
1774 On this day in history birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)
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 this day in history.
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 On February - 17 birth of haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864)
1820 Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons) was born on February - 17.
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 William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903 was born on February - 17.
1831 On February - 17 birth of francisco Salvador Daniel, composer
1836 Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.
1837 On this day in history birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902