Famous Birthdays In May - 17
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
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 Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.
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 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 On May - 17 birth of ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized
1628 On this day in history birth of archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)
1682 On this day in history birth of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
1691 On this day in history birth of antoine Court, French reformed theologist
1706 On May - 17 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 May - 17.
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 On this day in history birth of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)
1749 Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination was born on this day in history.
1758 On May - 17 birth of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839)
1768 Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV was born on May - 17.
1768 Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854) was born on this day in history.
1794 Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer was born on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)
1800 Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer was born on this day in history.
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 May - 17 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 Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer was born on this day in history.
1821 Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.
1823 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer was born on this day in history.
1836 Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on May - 17.
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 May - 17.