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Famous Personalities Born In May - 17

Wednesday, 02 July 2025

1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1443  On this day in history birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1451  On May - 17 birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1490  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1551  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1576  On this day in history birth of ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1628  Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1682  On this day in history birth of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1691  Antoine Court, French reformed theologist was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1706  On May - 17 birth of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1718  On May - 17 birth of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1732  On this day in history birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1741  John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6] was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1743  Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1749  Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1758  On this day in history birth of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1768  On May - 17 birth of caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1768  Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854) was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1794  On this day in history birth of anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1796  On May - 17 birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1800  On May - 17 birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1803  Robert Smith Surtees, novelist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1804  Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1808  On this day in history birth of charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1812  On this day in history birth of joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1819  Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1821  Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1823  On this day in history birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1836  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1836  Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923) was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1844  Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous People Died On This Day In History

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1365  On this day in history death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on May - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1464  On May - 17 death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1510  On May - 17 alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1521  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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