Famous Birthdays In September - 17
Friday, 19 August 2022
1192 On September - 17 birth of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)
1271 Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305) was born on September - 17.
1550 Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on September - 17.
1552 Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on September - 17.
1580 Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange was born on September - 17.
1605 On this day in history birth of francesco Sacrati, composer
1619 On this day in history birth of john Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader
1630 Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.
1639 Hans Herr, Mennonite bishop (d. 1725) was born on September - 17.
1643 Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury/author was born on this day in history.
1677 Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (d. 1761) was born on this day in history.
1687 On this day in history birth of durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (d. 1772)
1688 On this day in history birth of maria Luisa of Savoy, first queen of Philip V of Spain (d. 1714)
1711 Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer was born on this day in history.
1714 Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire) was born on this day in history.
1730 On this day in history birth of friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prus/US inspector-gen of Washington's army
1739 On this day in history birth of john Rutledge, 2nd (appointed) Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800)
1743 Jean-Marie Caritat, France, mathematician was born on September - 17.
1743 Marquis de Condorcet, France, enlightenment philosopher was born on this day in history.
1748 On September - 17 birth of robert Wainwright, composer
1764 On this day in history birth of john Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society
1765 Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari/Mauro], Italy, Pope was born on September - 17.
1767 On this day in history birth of henri-Montan Berton, composer
1771 Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (d. 1816) was born on September - 17.
1774 On September - 17 birth of joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)
1783 On this day in history birth of samuel Prout, water-color painter
1795 On September - 17 birth of giuseppi Saverio Rafaele Mercadante, composer
1798 Antonia M B Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat was born on this day in history.
1800 Franklin Buchanan, Admiral (Confederate Navy), died in 1874 was born on September - 17.
1801 On September - 17 birth of edward William Lane, translator (Thousand & 1 Nights)
1814 On September - 17 birth of stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti, composer
1818 Halfdan Kjeruif, composer (Kjerulf) was born on September - 17.
1819 On September - 17 birth of jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, physicist (pendulum proved Earth rotates)
1819 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st president (Republic South Africa) was born on this day in history.