Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)  

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on May - 17.  

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.  

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.  

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia  

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.  

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.  

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

1576  Ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1628  On this day in history birth of archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)  

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

1691  Antoine Court, French reformed theologist was born on May - 17.  

1706  On May - 17 birth of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)  

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

1732  On May - 17 birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer  

1741  On this day in history birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]  

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

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

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 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 May - 17.  

1796  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) was born on this day in history.  

1800  On May - 17 birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer  

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

1804  On May - 17 birth of ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)  

1808  Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer was born on this day in history.  

1812  On May - 17 birth of joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880  

1819  Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer was born on May - 17.  

1821  On May - 17 birth of sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897)  

1823  On May - 17 birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer  

1836  On this day in history birth of joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)  

1836  On this day in history birth of virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)  

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  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  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  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.