Famous Birthdays In July - 17

1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on this day in history.  

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)  

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)  

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer  

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.  

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.  

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.  

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader  

1775  On July - 17 birth of august Harder, composer  

1797  Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856) was born on July - 17.  

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1817  On this day in history birth of ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer  

1827  On July - 17 birth of frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)  

1830  On this day in history birth of eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)  

1831  Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861) was born on July - 17.  

1832  On this day in history birth of johan August Soderman, composer  

1839  On July - 17 birth of friedrich Gernsheim, composer  

1839  On July - 17 birth of ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)  

1853  On this day in history birth of francesco Fanciulli, composer  

1859  Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party) was born on July - 17.  

1871  On July - 17 birth of lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter  

1873  On this day in history birth of antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)  

1875  On this day in history birth of donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer  

1876  On this day in history birth of maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat  

1876  On this day in history birth of rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991)  

1876  On July - 17 birth of vittorio Gnecchi, composer  

1878  On July - 17 birth of henri Zagwijn, composer  

1883  On July - 17 birth of bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)  

1883  Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon) was born on July - 17.  

1885  Benjamin James Dale, composer was born on July - 17.  

1888  Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) was born on this day in history.  

1889  Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason) was born on this day in history.  

1894  On July - 17 birth of mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent)  

1897  Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge was born on July - 17.  

1898  On July - 17 birth of berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget)  

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0521  Death of Magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop and Latin poet (b. 474) on July - 17.  

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.  

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies  

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.  

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.  

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.  

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.  

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.