Famous Birthdays 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 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)  

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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.  

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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 May - 17.  

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on this day in history.  

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on this day in history.  

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  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on May - 17.  

1521  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)