Famous Personalities Born In May - 17
Saturday, 19 April 2025
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 May - 17.
1444 On May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)
1451 On May - 17 birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg
1490 On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia
1551 Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history 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 May - 17 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 this day in history.
1741 On this day in history birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]
1743 On May - 17 birth of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)
1749 On May - 17 birth of edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination
1758 On May - 17 birth of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839)
1768 Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV was born on May - 17.
1768 On May - 17 birth of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)
1794 Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer was born on this day in history.
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 On May - 17 birth of ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)
1808 On this day in history birth of charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer
1812 On May - 17 birth of joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880
1819 On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer
1821 Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on May - 17.
1823 On May - 17 birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer
1836 On May - 17 birth of joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)
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.