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 July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)  

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

1702  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 July - 17.  

1775  August Harder, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

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  On July - 17 birth of francesco Fanciulli, composer  

1859  Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party) was born on this day in history.  

1871  Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat  

1876  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies  

1070  On July - 17 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 this day in history.  

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