Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  On May - 17 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 May - 17.  

1444  On May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)  

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.  

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia  

1551  On this day in history birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist  

1551  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)  

1568  On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer  

1576  On May - 17 birth of ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized  

1628  Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662) was born on May - 17.  

1682  Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

1691  Antoine Court, French reformed theologist was born on May - 17.  

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

1718  On May - 17 birth of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778)  

1732  On May - 17 birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer  

1741  John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6] was born on May - 17.  

1743  Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) was born on this day in history.  

1749  Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)  

1794  Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer was born on May - 17.  

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

1800  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer  

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

1804  Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) was born on this day in history.  

1808  On this day in history birth of charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer  

1812  Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on this day in history.  

1819  Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer was born on May - 17.  

1821  Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.  

1823  On this day in history birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer  

1836  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on May - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)  

1336  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)  

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.  

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on May - 17.  

1464  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)  

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on May - 17.  

1521  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)