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Jul 17 1487

Ismail I Shah of Persia converted Iran from Sunni to Shiah born in Ardabl Iran (d. 1524)

Jul 17 1674

Isaac Watts English writer preacher and hymnist (Horae Lyrican) born in Southampton England (d. 1748)

Jul 17 1702

Johann Schneider German composer and pupil of Bach born in Coburg Bavaria Germany (d. 1788)

Jul 17 1704

John Kay English inventor (developed the flying shuttle) born in Lancashire England (d. around 1779)

Jul 17 1744

Elbridge Gerry American statesman who invented gerrymandering and 5th Vice President of the United States born in Marblehead Massachusetts Bay (d. 1814)

Jul 17 1763

Johannes Hendricus van der Palm Dutch theologist and Minister of Education born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1840)

Jul 17 1775

August Harder German composer born in Schnerstdt (d. 1813)

Jul 17 1797

Hippolyte Delaroche French painter born in Paris (d. 1856)

Jul 17 1817

Ignace Leybach French pianist and composer born in Gambsheim Alsace France (d. 1891)

Jul 17 1827

Frederick Able English chemist and inventor (cordiet) born in Woolwich England (d. 1902)

Jul 17 1830

Eelco Refer linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)

Jul 17 1831

Xianfeng Emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty born in Old Summer Palace Beijing Qing dynasty China (d. 1861)

Jul 17 1832

Johan August Sderman Swedish composer born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1876)

Jul 17 1839

Friedrich Gernsheim German composer born in Worms Germany (d. 1916)

Jul 17 1839

Ephraim Shay American inventor of Shay type of geared steam locomotive born in Huron Ohio (d. 1916)

Jul 17 1853

Francesco Fanciulli American-Italian composer born in Porto Santo Stefano Tuscany (d. 1915)

Jul 17 1859

Luis Muoz Rivera Puerto Rican journalist (founded Federalist Party) born in Barranquitas Puerto Rico (d. 1916)

Jul 17 1871

Lyonel Feininger German-American cartoonist and painter born in NYC New York (d. 1956)

Jul 17 1873

Antonina Neshdanova Russian soprano (Rigoletto)

Jul 17 1875

Donald Francis Tovey Eton England musicologistcomposer

Jul 17 1876

Maxim M Litvinov [Meyer H Wallach] Russian diplomat

Jul 17 1876

Rosa Jackson Lumpkin lived to be 115 years old born in Flint Georgia (d. 1991)

Jul 17 1876

Vittorio Gnecchi Italian composer (Cassandra) born in Milan Italy (d. 1954)

Jul 17 1883

Bart de Ligt anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)

Jul 17 1883

Mauritz Stiller [Moshe Stiller] Swedish actor and director (The Saga of Gsta Berling Erotikon) born in Helsinki Finland (d. 1928)

Jul 17 1888

Shmuel Agnon Israel novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)

Jul 17 1892

Mary Clare British actress (Evil Mind Young & Innocent) born in London England (d. 1970)

Jul 17 1894

Georges Lematre Belgian Catholic Priest astronomer and physics professor who initially proposed the universe expansion and big-bang theories born in Charleroi Belgium (d. 1966)

Jul 17 1898

Berenice Abbott photographer (World of Atget) born in Springfield Ohio

Jul 17 1898

Osmond Borradaile Canadian cinematographer (d. 1999)

Jul 17 1902

Christina Stead Australia novelist (Man Who Loved Children)

Jul 17 1903

Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky Russian composer born in Starozhilovka (d. 1971)

Jul 17 1905

Bill William Gargan American actor (The Bells of St. Marys You Only Live Once) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1979)

Jul 17 1070 Arnulf III the Hapless becomes Earl of Flanders

Jul 17 1203 Siege of Constantinople begins during the fourth Crusade Crusaders aboad a Venetian fleet attack the city

Jul 17 1245 Pope bans Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time

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