Famous Birthdays In May - 17
Tuesday, 06 June 2023
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.