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 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  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

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

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

1706  On May - 17 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  On this day in history birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer   

1741  On this day in history birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]   

1743  On this day in history 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 May - 17 birth of caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV   

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 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  On May - 17 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  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 May - 17.   

1823  On this day in history birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer   

1836  On this day in history birth of joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)   

1836  Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history birth of julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)   

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1050  On May - 17 guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on this day in history.   

1365  On this day in history death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on this day in history.   

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

1510  On May - 17 alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

1521  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)