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Apr 17 1278

Michael IX Palaeologus co-ruling Eastern Roman Emperor eldest son of Andronikos II Palaiologos and Anna of Hungary born in Constantinople Byzantine Empire (d. 1320)

Apr 17 1539

Tobias Stimmer Swiss painter (Strasbourg astronomical clock) born in Schaffhausen Switzerland (d. 1584)

Apr 17 1573

Maximilian I Elector of Bavaria born in Munich Germany (d. 1651)

Apr 17 1586

John Ford English dramatist (Tis Pity Shes a Whore) born in Ilsington Devon England (d. 1639)

Apr 17 1587

Ivan Lukai Croatian composer born in ibenik Croatia (d. 1648)

Apr 17 1598

Giovanni Riccioli Italian astronomer (Almagestum Novum) born in Ferrara Italy (d. 1671)

Apr 17 1622

Henry Vaughan English poet (Silex Scintillans) born in Newton St. Bridget Brecknockshire Wales (d. 1695)

Apr 17 1644

Abraham Jansz Storck Dutch painter baptized in Amsterdam (d. 1708)

Apr 17 1666

Franois Valentijn Dutch vicar and writer (Old and New East-India) born in Dordrecht Netherlands (d. 1727)

Apr 17 1676

Frederik I van Hessen Kassel King of Sweden (1720-51) born in Kassel Germany (d. 1751)

Apr 17 1683

Johann David Heinichen German composer born in Crssuln Weissenfels Germany (d. 1729)

Apr 17 1699

Robert Blair Scottish poet (The Grave) born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1746)

Apr 17 1710

Henry Erskine 10th Earl of Buchan British Freemason (d. 1767)

Apr 17 1715

Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht German composer born in Ulm Germany (d. 1786)

Apr 17 1719

Christian Gottfried Krause German composer born in Wisko Poland (d. 1770)

Apr 17 1734

Taksin King of Siam (1767-82) born in Ayutthaya Thailand (d. 1782)

Apr 17 1738

Philip Hayes English composer born in Oxford (d. 1797)

Apr 17 1741

Johann Gottlieb Naumann German composer born in Blasewitz Dresden Germany (d. 1801)

Apr 17 1741

Samuel Chase American judge (signed Declaration of Independence) born in Somerset County Maryland (d. 1811)

Apr 17 1750

Franois de Neufchteau French statesman and intellectual figure born in Saffais France (d. 1828)

Apr 17 1774

Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek Czech composer born in Skute Bohemia (d. 1850)

Apr 17 1788

Joseph Gilbert Totten American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 1864)

Apr 17 1794

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius German botanist and explorer born in Erlangen Germany (d. 1868)

Apr 17 1797

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque Belgian-French composer and conductor born in Hanzinne Belgium (d. 1869)

Apr 17 1798

tienne Bobillier French mathematician born in Lons-le-Saunier France (d. 1840)

Apr 17 1809

Philip St. George Cocke American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Bremo Bluff Virginia (d. 1861)

Apr 17 1811

Ann Mounsey English composer born in Soho London (d. 1891)

Apr 17 1813

Henry Washington Benham American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Cheshire Connecticut (d. 1884)

Apr 17 1816

Thomas Hazlehurst English Methodist chapel builder born in Runcorn Cheshire England (d. 1876)

Apr 17 1820

Gottfried Conradi Norwegian composer born in Tnsberg Norway (d. 1896)

Apr 17 1827

Frans Baeckelmans Flemish architect (St Amanduskerk Antwerp) born in Antwerp Belgium (d. 1896)

Apr 17 1833

Jean-Baptiste Accolay Belgian composer born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1900)

Apr 17 1842

Maurice Rouvier French statesman and Prime Minister of France (190506) born in Aix-en-Provence France (d. 1911)

Apr 17 1397 Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of English King Richard II

Apr 17 1524 Giovanni Verrazano a Florentine navigator discovers New York Bay

Apr 17 1534 Sir Thomas More confined in the Tower of London

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