Famous Personalities Born 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 May - 17 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 May - 17.   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

1576  On May - 17 birth of ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized   

1628  On May - 17 birth of archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)   

1682  Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) was born on May - 17.   

1691  Antoine Court, French reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

1706  On May - 17 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 this day in history 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  On May - 17 birth of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)   

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  On May - 17 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 this day in history birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)   

1800  On May - 17 birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer   

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

1804  Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) was born on May - 17.   

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 May - 17.   

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

1836  On May - 17 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  On May - 17 guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on this day in history.   

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on May - 17.   

1365  On this day in history 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 May - 17 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  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)