Famous Personalities Born In July - 17

1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

1702  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

1775  On July - 17 birth of august Harder, composer   

1797  On this day in history birth of hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)   

1817  Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer was born on July - 17.   

1827  Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) was born on July - 17.   

1830  On July - 17 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  Ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916) was born on this day in history.   

1853  Francesco Fanciulli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1859  On July - 17 birth of luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)   

1871  Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter was born on July - 17.   

1873  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) was born on this day in history.   

1875  On July - 17 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  Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991) was born on July - 17.   

1876  On July - 17 birth of vittorio Gnecchi, composer   

1878  Henri Zagwijn, composer was born on July - 17.   

1883  Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace) was born on July - 17.   

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

1885  On July - 17 birth of benjamin James Dale, composer   

1888  On July - 17 birth of shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)   

1889  Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason) was born on July - 17.   

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  Berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget) was born on July - 17.   

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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  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.   

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

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

1345  On July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

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.