Famous Personalities Born 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  On May - 17 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  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 May - 17.   

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

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

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

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

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

1706  On this day in history birth of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)   

1718  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On May - 17 birth of edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination   

1758  On May - 17 birth of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839)   

1768  Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV was born on May - 17.   

1768  On May - 17 birth of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)   

1794  Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer was born on this day in history.   

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

1800  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer   

1803  On this day in history birth of robert Smith Surtees, novelist   

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

1808  On this day in history birth of charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer   

1812  On May - 17 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  Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on May - 17.   

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

1836  On May - 17 birth of joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)   

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.   

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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 May - 17.   

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

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on May - 17.   

1464  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on this day in history.