Famous Birthdays 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  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on May - 17.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

1576  On May - 17 birth of ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized   

1628  On this day in history birth of archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)   

1682  On this day in history birth of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)   

1691  Antoine Court, French reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

1706  On this day in history birth of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)   

1718  Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778) was born on May - 17.   

1732  On this day in history birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer   

1741  On May - 17 birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]   

1743  Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) was born on this day in history.   

1749  On this day in history birth of edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination   

1758  John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.   

1768  Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV was born on May - 17.   

1768  On May - 17 birth of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)   

1794  On May - 17 birth of anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer   

1796  On this day in history birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)   

1800  Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer was born on May - 17.   

1803  Robert Smith Surtees, novelist was born on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history 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  Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer was born on May - 17.   

1821  Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on May - 17.   

1823  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) was born on May - 17.   

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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  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on May - 17.   

1464  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on this day in history.   

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)