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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    May 17 1155

    Jien Japanese poet and historian born in Kyoto (d. 1225)

    May 17 1443

    Edmund Earl of Rutland brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England born in Rouen Normandy (d. 1460)

    May 17 1451

    Engelbert II Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz and viceroy of Luxembourg born in Breda Netherlands (d. 1504)

    May 17 1551

    Martin Delrio Flemish theologian and occultist born in Antwerp (d. 1608)

    May 17 1576

    Ferdinand van Apshoven the Older Flemish painter baptized in Antwerp

    May 17 1682

    Bartholomew Roberts Welsh pirate (raided ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719-1722) born in Puncheston Pembrokeshire Wales (d. 1722)

    May 17 1706

    Andreas Felix von Oefele German historian and librarian born in Munich (d. 1780)

    May 17 1718

    Robert Darcy 4th Earl of Holderness English diplomat and politician (d. 1778)

    May 17 1732

    Francesco Pasquale Ricci Italian composer born in Como Italy (d. 1817)

    May 17 1741

    John Penn American attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) born in Port Royal Caroline County Virginia (d. 1788)

    May 17 1743

    Seth Warner American revolutionary leader born in Roxbury Connecticut (d. 1784)

    May 17 1758

    John St Aubyn British fossil collector born in Golden Square London (d. 1839)

    May 17 1768

    Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort of King George IV (1820-21) born in Brunswick Brunswick-Wolfenbttel Holy Roman Empire (d. 1821)

    May 17 1628

    Ferdinand Charles Archduke of Austria and Regent of the Tyrol born in Innsbruck Austria (d. 1662)

    May 17 1768

    Henry Paget 1st Marquess of Anglesey English general born in London (d. 1854)

    May 17 1794

    Anna Brownell Jameson Anglo-Irish historian and writer (Loves of the Poets) born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1860)

    May 17 1796

    Martinus Niewindt Dutch Bishop of Curacao (advocate for fair treatment and abolition of slavery) born in Amsterdam (d. 1860)

    May 17 1800

    Carl Friedrich Zllner German composer born in Mittelhausen Germany (d. 1860)

    May 17 1803

    Robert Smith Surtees British novelist (Jorrockss Jaunts and Jollities) born in The Riding England (d. 1864)

    May 17 1804

    Ottho Gerhard Heldring Dutch preacher and reformer (Heldring Institutions) born in Zevenaar Netherlands (d. 1876)

    May 17 1808

    Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel French composer (Les trois couleurs) born in Lille France (d.1892)

    May 17 1812

    Joseph Warren Revere American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1880)

    May 17 1821

    Sebastian Kneipp German naturopathist (d. 1897)

    May 17 1823

    Charlotte Sainton-Dolby English contralto and composer born in London (d. 1885)

    May 17 1836

    Wilhelm Steinitz Austrian world chess champion (1866-94)

    May 17 1836

    Virginie Loveling Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)

    May 17 1836

    Sir Norman Lockyer English physicist co-founder of helium gas founder and editor of Nature magazine born in Rugby Warwickshire (d. 1920)

    May 17 1844

    Julius Wellhausen German biblical scholar (d. 1918)

    May 17 1846

    Edmund Bishop English secretary of Thomas Carlyle

    May 17 1866

    Erik Satie French composer (Gymnopdies) born in Honfleur Normandy (d. 1925)

    May 17 1867

    Gerrit Mannoury Dutch mathematicianphilosopher

    May 17 1868

    Horace Elgin Dodge American automobile manufacturer (d. 1920)

    May 17 1871

    Henricus P Bremmer art historian (Modern Kunstwerken)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    May 17 1521 Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham is executed for treason

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