Famous Personalities Born In May - 17

1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.   

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  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.   

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 May - 17.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

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 this day in history 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 May - 17.   

1706  On this day in history 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  Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1794  Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer was born on May - 17.   

1796  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) was born on May - 17.   

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

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

1804  On May - 17 birth of ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)   

1808  Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer was born on May - 17.   

1812  On May - 17 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 this day in history 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 May - 17.   

1836  Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923) was born on May - 17.   

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  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.   

1395  On May - 17 death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  On this day in history 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 May - 17.   

1521  On May - 17 death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)