Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  On May - 17 birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)  

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

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  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.  

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on May - 17.  

1551  On this day in history birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)  

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

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.  

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1682  On this day in history birth of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)  

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  On this day in history birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer  

1741  On May - 17 birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]  

1743  Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) was born on May - 17.  

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

1758  John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839) was born on May - 17.  

1768  On May - 17 birth of caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV  

1768  Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854) was born on May - 17.  

1794  Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer was born on this day in history.  

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  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  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  On this day in history birth of sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897)  

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

1836  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on May - 17.  

1836  On May - 17 birth of virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)  

1844  On this day in history birth of julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)  

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1050  On May - 17 guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies  

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 May - 17.  

1365  On May - 17 death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)  

1395  On this day in history death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm  

1464  On May - 17 death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)  

1510  On May - 17 alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65  

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on May - 17.