Famous Birthdays In May - 17
Friday, 26 July 2024
1155 On May - 17 birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)
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 May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)
1451 On this day in history birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg
1490 On this day in history 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 May - 17.
1568 Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.
1576 On May - 17 birth of ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized
1628 On May - 17 birth of archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)
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 May - 17.
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 May - 17 birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]
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 John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.
1768 On this day in history birth of caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV
1768 On this day in history birth of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)
1794 Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer was born on May - 17.
1796 Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) was born on May - 17.
1800 On May - 17 birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer
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 On this day in history birth of charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer
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 May - 17.
1836 Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923) was born on May - 17.
1844 Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.