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  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

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

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

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

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  August Harder, composer was born on this day in history.   

1797  Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.   

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

1827  On this day in history birth of frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)   

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 this day in history birth of friedrich Gernsheim, composer   

1839  Ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916) was born on July - 17.   

1853  On July - 17 birth of francesco Fanciulli, composer   

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

1871  On this day in history birth of lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter   

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

1875  On July - 17 birth of donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer   

1876  Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat was born on July - 17.   

1876  Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991) was born on July - 17.   

1876  On this day in history birth of vittorio Gnecchi, composer   

1878  On this day in history birth of henri Zagwijn, composer   

1883  On this day in history birth of bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)   

1883  On this day in history birth of mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon)   

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

1888  Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) was born on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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0521  On July - 17 death of magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop and Latin poet (b. 474)   

0656  On July - 17 death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

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

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies