Famous Birthdays In July - 17

1487  On July - 17 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 July - 17.  

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.  

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

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.  

1775  August Harder, composer was born on July - 17.  

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

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1817  Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer was born on this day in history.  

1827  Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) was born on this day in history.  

1830  On July - 17 birth of eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)  

1831  On this day in history birth of xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)  

1832  Johan August Soderman, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1839  On this day in history birth of ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)  

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  Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter was born on this day in history.  

1873  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) was born on July - 17.  

1875  Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer was born on July - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  On July - 17 birth of benjamin James Dale, composer  

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

1889  On this day in history birth of erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)  

1894  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.  

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

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

1453  On this day in history death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader  

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies