Famous Personalities Born 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 May - 17.   

1444  On this day in history birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

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

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

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

1551  On this day in history birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.   

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  Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

1691  On May - 17 birth of antoine Court, French reformed theologist   

1706  On this day in history 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  On May - 17 birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer   

1741  John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6] was born on this day in history.   

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

1749  On May - 17 birth of edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination   

1758  On this day in history birth of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839)   

1768  On this day in history birth of caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV   

1768  Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854) was born on May - 17.   

1794  On this day in history birth of anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer   

1796  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) was born on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer   

1803  Robert Smith Surtees, novelist was born on May - 17.   

1804  Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) was born on this day in history.   

1808  On May - 17 birth of charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer   

1812  On May - 17 birth of joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880   

1819  Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer was born on this day in history.   

1821  On May - 17 birth of sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897)   

1823  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer was born on May - 17.   

1836  On May - 17 birth of joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)   

1836  Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

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

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1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 17.   

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  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on this day in history.