Famous Birthdays In May - 17
Monday, 08 August 2022
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)