Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

1444  On February - 17 birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

1490  On February - 17 birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on February - 17.   

1581  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  On this day in history birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  On this day in history birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on February - 17.   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  On February - 17 birth of johann Melchior Conradi, composer   

1696  On February - 17 birth of baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer   

1697  Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer was born on February - 17.   

1699  On February - 17 birth of hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)   

1718  On February - 17 birth of matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)   

1723  Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination was born on February - 17.   

1740  On February - 17 birth of horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist   

1747  On this day in history birth of narciso Casanovas, composer   

1752  Friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr) was born on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history birth of jan Jachym Kopriva, composer   

1754  On this day in history birth of nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)   

1758  On this day in history birth of john Pinkerton, Scottish historian   

1774  On February - 17 birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

1781  René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) was born on February - 17.   

1796  Giovanni Pacini, composer was born on February - 17.   

1796  Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866) was born on this day in history.   

1804  Samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.   

1816  Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer was born on this day in history.   

1816  Haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864) was born on February - 17.   

1820  On this day in history birth of henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)   

1820  On this day in history birth of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)   

1821  On this day in history birth of lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861)   

1824  William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903 was born on February - 17.   

1831  On this day in history birth of francisco Salvador Daniel, composer   

1836  On February - 17 birth of gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)   

1837  On this day in history birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902   

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0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on February - 17.   

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on this day in history.