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 this day in history.   

1444  On this day in history birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

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

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 May - 17.   

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 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  On May - 17 birth of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)   

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

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

1718  Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.   

1732  Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer was born on this day in history.   

1741  John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6] was born on this day in history.   

1743  Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)   

1800  Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1812  Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on this day in history.   

1819  On May - 17 birth of johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer   

1821  Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.   

1823  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer was born on May - 17.   

1836  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on May - 17.   

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

1844  Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.   

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1050  On this day in history guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  On May - 17 death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on May - 17.   

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  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.