Famous Personalities Born In May - 17

1155  On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on this day in history.   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.   

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on May - 17.   

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

1576  Ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 17.   

1628  On May - 17 birth of archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)   

1682  Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) was born on May - 17.   

1691  On this day in history birth of antoine Court, French reformed theologist   

1706  On this day in history birth of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)   

1718  On this day in history birth of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778)   

1732  Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer was born on May - 17.   

1741  On May - 17 birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]   

1743  Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) was born on May - 17.   

1749  On this day in history birth of edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination   

1758  John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.   

1768  Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV was born on May - 17.   

1768  Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854) was born on this day in history.   

1794  On May - 17 birth of anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer   

1796  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) was born on this day in history.   

1800  Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer was born on May - 17.   

1803  On this day in history birth of robert Smith Surtees, novelist   

1804  Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) was born on May - 17.   

1808  Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1812  Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on May - 17.   

1819  On May - 17 birth of johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer   

1821  On this day in history birth of sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897)   

1823  On May - 17 birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer   

1836  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on this day in history.   

1836  Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923) was born on May - 17.   

1844  Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) was born on May - 17.   

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1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on May - 17.   

1189  On May - 17 death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  On May - 17 death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  On this day in history death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on this day in history.   

1510  On May - 17 alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on May - 17.