Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.   

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

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on this day in history.   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.   

1490  On this day in history 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  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on this day in history.   

1576  Ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1628  On May - 17 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  Antoine Court, French reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

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  Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer was born on May - 17.   

1741  John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6] was born on May - 17.   

1743  Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) was born on May - 17.   

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  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  On May - 17 birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)   

1800  On May - 17 birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer   

1803  On May - 17 birth of robert Smith Surtees, novelist   

1804  Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) was born on May - 17.   

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 May - 17.   

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

1821  On this day in history birth of sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897)   

1823  On May - 17 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  On this day in history birth of virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)   

1844  On May - 17 birth of julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)   

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

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on May - 17.   

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

1365  On May - 17 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 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  On May - 17 death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)