Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.  

1443  On this day in history 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  On May - 17 birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg  

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.  

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on May - 17.  

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

1568  On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer  

1576  Ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 17.  

1628  Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662) was born on May - 17.  

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1682  Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) was born on May - 17.  

1691  On May - 17 birth of antoine Court, French reformed theologist  

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 this day in history.  

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

1743  Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) was born on May - 17.  

1749  Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination was born on May - 17.  

1758  John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839) was born on May - 17.  

1768  Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV was born on this day in history.  

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  Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer was born on May - 17.  

1803  On May - 17 birth of robert Smith Surtees, novelist  

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  Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on May - 17.  

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 this day in history guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies  

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

1336  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)  

1365  On this day in history death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)  

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on this day in history.  

1464  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)