Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  On this day in history 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  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 May - 17.  

1682  Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1718  On May - 17 birth of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778)  

1732  Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer was born on May - 17.  

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

1743  On May - 17 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  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 May - 17.  

1796  On May - 17 birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)  

1800  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer  

1803  Robert Smith Surtees, novelist was born on May - 17.  

1804  Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer  

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

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

1844  On May - 17 birth of julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)  

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1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on May - 17.  

1189  On May - 17 death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)  

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

1365  On this day in history 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.