Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.  

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

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 May - 17.  

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.  

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

1551  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)  

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1628  Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.  

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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  Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born on May - 17.  

1718  On this day in history birth of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778)  

1732  Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer was born on this day in history.  

1741  John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6] was born on May - 17.  

1743  On this day in history birth of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)  

1749  On this day in history birth of edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination  

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

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 May - 17.  

1808  Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer was born on May - 17.  

1812  Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 17 birth of joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)  

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

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

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1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)  

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.  

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  On this day in history alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65  

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