Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.  

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

1551  On this day in history birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)  

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

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

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 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  On May - 17 birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer  

1741  On this day in history birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]  

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

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 this day in history.  

1768  Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854) was born on May - 17.  

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

1796  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) was born on May - 17.  

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

1803  Robert Smith Surtees, novelist was born on May - 17.  

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

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

1821  On May - 17 birth of sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897)  

1823  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1836  On this day in history birth of virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)  

1844  On May - 17 birth of julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)  

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

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on May - 17.  

1336  On this day in history 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  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)