Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.   

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 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 May - 17.   

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.   

1551  On this day in history birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

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  Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662) was born on May - 17.   

1682  Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) was born on May - 17.   

1691  On this day in history birth of antoine Court, French reformed theologist   

1706  On May - 17 birth of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)   

1718  On May - 17 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  On this day in history 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 May - 17 birth of edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination   

1758  John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839) was born on May - 17.   

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

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

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

1796  On May - 17 birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)   

1800  On May - 17 birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer   

1803  On this day in history birth of robert Smith Surtees, novelist   

1804  On this day in history birth of ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)   

1808  On May - 17 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  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  Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.   

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1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on May - 17.   

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on this day in history.   

1336  On May - 17 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  On May - 17 death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  On May - 17 death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)