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Jun 17 1603

Joseph of Cupertino Italian saint born in Copertino Apulia Kingdom of Naples (d. 1663)

Jun 17 1604

Johan Maurits Prince of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House) born in Dillenburg Holy Roman Empire (d. 1679)

Jun 17 1691

Giovanni Paolo Pannini Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)

Jun 17 1693

Johann Georg Walch German theologian (d. 1775)

Jun 17 1714

Cesar F Cassini de Thury French astronomer (geodesic labor)

Jun 17 1718

George Howard British field marshal (d. 1796)

Jun 17 1742

William Hooper US attorney (signed US Declaration of Independence)

Jun 17 1756

Pierre-Joseph Cambon French member of Committee of Salut Public

Jun 17 1808

Everhardus J Potgieter Dutch writerpublisher (The Guide)

Jun 17 1810

Ferdinand Freiligrath German poet and translator born in Detmold Principality of Lippe (d. 1876)

Jun 17 1811

Jn Sigursson Icelandic independence fighter and Icelandic historian (d. 1879)

Jun 17 1817

Thomas Maley Harris American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Wood County West Virginia (d. 1906)

Jun 17 1818

Charles Francois Gounod opera composer (Faust) born in Paris France

Jun 17 1818

Sophia Frederika Mathilde queen of Netherlandswife of William III

Jun 17 1823

John Henry Hobart Ward American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in NYC New York (d. 1903)

Jun 17 1830

Rochard Montgomery Gano Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1913)

Jun 17 1832

William Crookes English chemistphysicist (Crookes-pipe thallium)

Jun 17 1837

Strong Vincent American army officer (died famously at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg) born in Waterford Pennsylvania (d.1863)

Jun 17 1839

Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC Anglican Clergyman prosecuted for ritualist activities (d. 1931)

Jun 17 1861

Sidney Jones British conductor and composer (The Geisha A Gaiety Girl) born in Islington London (d. 1946)

Jun 17 1861

Pete Browning American baseball player (d. 1905)

Jun 17 1861

Omar Bundy U.S. army general and soldier (d. 1940)

Jun 17 1863

Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1934)

Jun 17 1871

Nicolae Iorga writerpoetliterature historianPresident of Romania

Jun 17 1874

Grant Mitchell American actor (The Man Who Came to Dinner) born in Columbus Ohio (d. 1957)

Jun 17 1875

Philipp A Kohnstamm philosophertheorist (Mensch & World)

Jun 17 1877

Russell Simpson American actor (San Francisco Abraham Lincoln) born in Danville California (d. 1959)

Jun 17 1878

Albert Thomas French socialist politician (Minister of Armament WW1) born in Champigny-sur-Marne (d. 1932)

Jun 17 1880

Carl Van Vechten American writer and photographer (Red Nigger Heaven) born in Cedar Rapids Iowa (d. 1964)

Jun 17 1882

Adolf Friedrich VI Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918)

Jun 17 1884

Christina C Bakker-van Bosse feministpacifist

Jun 17 1900

Hermann Reuter German composer born in Stuttgart (d. 1985)

Jun 17 1902

Sammy Fain American popular music composer (d. 1989)

Jun 17 1397 Union of Kalmar established between Denmark Sweden and Norway

Jun 17 1497 Battle of Deptford Bridge - forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat Cornish rebels led by Michael An Gof

Jun 17 1535 English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights

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