Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  On May - 17 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  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.  

1451  On this day in history birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg  

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

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  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer  

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

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

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1682  On this day in history birth of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)  

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 this day in history 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 May - 17 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  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  On May - 17 birth of anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer  

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  Robert Smith Surtees, novelist was born on this day in history.  

1804  On this day in history birth of ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)  

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 May - 17.  

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  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on this day in history.  

1836  On May - 17 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 May - 17.  

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 May - 17 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  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on May - 17.  

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on May - 17.