Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  On May - 17 birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

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

1444  On May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  On this day in history birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  On May - 17 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 this day in history 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  Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662) was born on May - 17.   

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

1691  Antoine Court, French reformed theologist was born on May - 17.   

1706  Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 17 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  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  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  Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880   

1819  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer   

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

1823  On this day in history birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer   

1836  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on this day in history.   

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

1844  On this day in history birth of julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)   

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1050  On May - 17 guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  On this day in history 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  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on this day in history.   

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)