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 May - 17.  

1444  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1576  On this day in history 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.  

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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  Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)  

1749  Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination was born on May - 17.  

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

1768  On this day in history birth of caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV  

1768  On May - 17 birth of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)  

1794  On this day in history birth of anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer  

1796  On May - 17 birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)  

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

1803  On May - 17 birth of robert Smith Surtees, novelist  

1804  On May - 17 birth of ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)  

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

1812  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer  

1836  On this day in history birth of joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on this day in history.  

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on this day in history.  

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on this day in history.