Famous Personalities Born In May - 17

1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.   

1443  On May - 17 birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  On this day in history 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  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.   

1551  On this day in history birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1568  On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

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

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

1706  Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.   

1718  Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778) was born on May - 17.   

1732  On May - 17 birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer   

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 May - 17.   

1749  On this day in history 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 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  On May - 17 birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)   

1800  Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer was born on May - 17.   

1803  Robert Smith Surtees, novelist was born on May - 17.   

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

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 this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

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

1365  On May - 17 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  On May - 17 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.