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  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

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  August Harder, composer was born on July - 17.   

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

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

1831  On July - 17 birth of xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)   

1832  On July - 17 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 this day in history.   

1853  On July - 17 birth of francesco Fanciulli, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

1876  On July - 17 birth of rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991)   

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

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

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

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

1897  On July - 17 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 July - 17.   

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 July - 17 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