Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

1444  On this day in history 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  Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on February - 17.   

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  Johann Melchior Conradi, composer was born on February - 17.   

1696  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer was born on this day in history.   

1697  Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer was born on this day in history.   

1699  Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci) was born on February - 17.   

1718  Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1723  Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination was born on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history 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  Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer was born on this day in history.   

1754  Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.   

1758  John Pinkerton, Scottish historian was born on February - 17.   

1774  Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history birth of rené-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)   

1796  Giovanni Pacini, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1804  On February - 17 birth of samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883   

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

1816  On February - 17 birth of haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864)   

1820  On February - 17 birth of henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)   

1820  On February - 17 birth of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)   

1821  Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history birth of william Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903   

1831  On February - 17 birth of francisco Salvador Daniel, composer   

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

1837  On February - 17 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  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

0956  On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  On this day in history death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on February - 17.