Famous Birthdays 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 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  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 this day in history birth of august Harder, composer  

1797  On July - 17 birth of hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)  

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 July - 17 birth of eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)  

1831  Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.  

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

1839  On this day in history birth of friedrich Gernsheim, composer  

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

1853  On July - 17 birth of francesco Fanciulli, composer  

1859  On this day in history birth of luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)  

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

1873  On July - 17 birth of antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)  

1875  Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1878  Henri Zagwijn, composer was born on this day in history.  

1883  On July - 17 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  Benjamin James Dale, composer was born on July - 17.  

1888  On this day in history birth of shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)  

1889  On July - 17 birth of erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)  

1894  Mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent) was born on this day in history.  

1897  On this day in history birth of elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge  

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

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.  

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

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies  

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

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader  

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.