Famous Birthdays In May - 17
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
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)