Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.  

1443  On May - 17 birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England  

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 May - 17.  

1490  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia  

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist  

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on May - 17.  

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.  

1576  Ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1628  Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662) was born on May - 17.  

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1682  On May - 17 birth of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)  

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 May - 17 birth of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778)  

1732  Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer was born on May - 17.  

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 this day in history birth of edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination  

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 this day in history.  

1768  On this day in history birth of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)  

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

1796  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) was born on this day in history.  

1800  On May - 17 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  Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer was born on this day in history.  

1812  Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on May - 17.  

1819  Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer was born on this day in history.  

1821  Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on May - 17.  

1823  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer was born on May - 17.  

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

1836  Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923) was born on May - 17.  

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

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1050  On this day in history guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies  

1189  On May - 17 death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)  

1336  On May - 17 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  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on May - 17.  

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 May - 17.  

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