May 17th All Events |
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May 17th, 2008 (May 17 2008) | Death | Victoria Day in Canada | |
May 17th, 2007 (May 17 2007) | Event | Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953. | |
May 17th, 2007 (May 17 2007) | Death | Lloyd Alexander, author (born in 1924) | |
May 17th, 2006 (May 17 2006) | Event | The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to be an artificial reef | |
May 17th, 2006 (May 17 2006) | Death | Cy Feuer, American playwright (born in 1911) | |
May 17th, 2006 (May 17 2006) | Death | Eric Forth, British Member of Parliament (born in 1944) | |
May 17th, 2006 (May 17 2006) | Death | Captain Nichola Goddard, Canadian soldier (born in 1980) | |
May 17th, 2005 (May 17 2005) | Death | Frank Gorshin, American actor (born in 1934) | |
May 17th, 2004 (May 17 2004) | Event | Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage | |
May 17th, 2004 (May 17 2004) | Death | Jorgen Nash, Danish artist (born in 1920) | |
May 17th, 2004 (May 17 2004) | Death | Tony Randall, American actor (born in 1920) | |
May 17th, 2004 (May 17 2004) | Death | Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council (born in 1943) | |
May 17th, 2003 (May 17 2003) | Death | Frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (born in 1916) | |
May 17th, 2002 (May 17 2002) | Death | Dave Berg, American cartoonist (born in 1920) | |
May 17th, 2002 (May 17 2002) | Death | Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (born in 1940) | |
May 17th, 2002 (May 17 2002) | Death | Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (born in 1962) | |
May 17th, 2002 (May 17 2002) | Death | Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (born in 1927) | |
May 17th, 2001 (May 17 2001) | Death | Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (born in 1908) | |
May 17th, 2000 (May 17 2000) | Event | In the Philippines an explosion rocks Glorietta 2 injuring 13 persons, mostly teenagers. According to local authorities, the homemade bomb was placed in front of a toilet beside a video arcade. | |
May 17th, 2000 (May 17 2000) | Death | Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 1909) | |
May 17th, 1999 (May 17 1999) | Death | Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian record producer and musician (born in 1949) | |
May 17th, 1997 (May 17 1997) | Event | Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. | |
May 17th, 1996 (May 17 1996) | Death | Kevin Gilbert, American singer, composer and instrumentalist (born in 1966) | |
May 17th, 1996 (May 17 1996) | Death | Scott Brayton, American race car driver (born in 1959) | |
May 17th, 1995 (May 17 1995) | Event | After 18 years as the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac takes office as President of France. | |
May 17th, 1995 (May 17 1995) | Death | Hector "Toe" Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and NHL coach (born in 1912) | |
May 17th, 1994 (May 17 1994) | Event | Malawi holds its first multiparty elections. | |
May 17th, 1992 (May 17 1992) | Event | In Thailand, the so-called Black May begins. Thai police and protesters start attacking one another. By midnight, the current Thai government declares a state of emergency, and military troops open fire. | |
May 17th, 1992 (May 17 1992) | Death | Lawrence Welk, American musician (born in 1903) | |
May 17th, 1990 (May 17 1990) | Event | the WHO takes Homosexuality out of its list of mental illnesses. | |
May 17th, 1990 (May 17 1990) | Birth | Leven Rambin, American actress | |
May 17th, 1988 (May 17 1988) | Birth | Nikki Reed, American actress | |
May 17th, 1987 (May 17 1987) | Event | An Iraqi fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. warship USS Stark (FFG-31), killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. | |
May 17th, 1987 (May 17 1987) | Death | Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1898) | |
May 17th, 1986 (May 17 1986) | Birth | Tahj Mowry, American actor | |
May 17th, 1985 (May 17 1985) | Birth | Matt Ryan, American football player | |
May 17th, 1985 (May 17 1985) | Birth | Derek Hough, American dancer and singer | |
May 17th, 1985 (May 17 1985) | Death | Abe Burrows, songwriter, composer, and writer (born in 1910) | |
May 17th, 1984 (May 17 1984) | Event | Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture. | |
May 17th, 1984 (May 17 1984) | Birth | Christine Robinson, Canadian water polo player | |
May 17th, 1984 (May 17 1984) | Birth | Christian Bolanos, Costa Rican footballer | |
May 17th, 1983 (May 17 1983) | Event | U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world s largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds), in response to Appalachian Observer s Freedom of Information Act request. | |
May 17th, 1983 (May 17 1983) | Event | Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. | |
May 17th, 1983 (May 17 1983) | Birth | Channing Frye, American basketball player | |
May 17th, 1983 (May 17 1983) | Birth | Nicky Hofs, Dutch footballer | |
May 17th, 1983 (May 17 1983) | Birth | Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player | |
May 17th, 1982 (May 17 1982) | Birth | Tony Parker, French-American basketball player | |
May 17th, 1981 (May 17 1981) | Birth | Benat Albizuri, Spanish cyclist | |
May 17th, 1981 (May 17 1981) | Birth | R. J. Helton, American Idol finalist | |
May 17th, 1981 (May 17 1981) | Birth | Shiri Maimon, Israeli singer | |
May 17th, 1981 (May 17 1981) | Birth | Leon Osman, English footballer | |
May 17th, 1981 (May 17 1981) | Birth | Giannis Taralidis, Greek footballer | |
May 17th, 1980 (May 17 1980) | Event | General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations. | Martial Quotes |
May 17th, 1980 (May 17 1980) | Event | On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in the town of Chuschi, Ayacucho, starting the Internal conflict in Peru. | |
May 17th, 1980 (May 17 1980) | Birth | Davor Dzalto, Serbian art historian | |
May 17th, 1980 (May 17 1980) | Birth | Dallas Taylor, American singer (Underoath) | |
May 17th, 1979 (May 17 1979) | Birth | Wayne Thomas, English footballer | |
May 17th, 1978 (May 17 1978) | Birth | John Foster, American baseball player | |
May 17th, 1978 (May 17 1978) | Birth | Paddy Kenny, Irish goalkeeper | |
May 17th, 1978 (May 17 1978) | Birth | Carlos Pena, Dominican baseball player | |
May 17th, 1976 (May 17 1976) | Birth | Jose Guillen, Dominican baseball player | |
May 17th, 1976 (May 17 1976) | Birth | Lee-Hom Wang, American-born Taiwanese musician and composer | Ang Lee Quotes |
May 17th, 1975 (May 17 1975) | Birth | Cheick Kongo, French martial artist | Martial Quotes |
May 17th, 1975 (May 17 1975) | Birth | Jonti Picking, British cartoonist | |
May 17th, 1975 (May 17 1975) | Birth | Kostas Sommer, Greek actor | |
May 17th, 1975 (May 17 1975) | Birth | Laura Voutilainen, Finnish singer | |
May 17th, 1975 (May 17 1975) | Birth | Alex Wright, German professional wrestler | |
May 17th, 1974 (May 17 1974) | Event | Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army s headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall. | Bion Quotes |
May 17th, 1974 (May 17 1974) | Event | Thirty-three people are killed by terrorist bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland. | |
May 17th, 1974 (May 17 1974) | Birth | Andrea Corr, Irish singer (The Corrs) | |
May 17th, 1974 (May 17 1974) | Birth | Wiki Gonzalez, Venezuelan baseball player | |
May 17th, 1974 (May 17 1974) | Birth | Eddie Lewis, American football (soccer) player | |
May 17th, 1974 (May 17 1974) | Birth | Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor | |
May 17th, 1974 (May 17 1974) | Death | Ernest Nash, German born archaeologist (born in 1898) | |
May 17th, 1973 (May 17 1973) | Event | Watergate scandal: Hearings begin in the United States Senate and are televised. | |
May 17th, 1973 (May 17 1973) | Birth | Josh Homme, American musician and songwriter | |
May 17th, 1973 (May 17 1973) | Birth | Matthew McGrory, American actor (died in 2005) | |
May 17th, 1973 (May 17 1973) | Birth | Sasha Alexander, American television actress | |
May 17th, 1973 (May 17 1973) | Birth | Steve Barakatt, Canadian composer | |
May 17th, 1971 (May 17 1971) | Birth | Shaun Hart, Australian footballer | |
May 17th, 1971 (May 17 1971) | Birth | Princess Maxima of the Netherlands | |
May 17th, 1970 (May 17 1970) | Event | Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean. | |
May 17th, 1970 (May 17 1970) | Birth | Jordan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block) | |
May 17th, 1970 (May 17 1970) | Birth | Angelica Agurbash, Belarusian singer, actress and model | |
May 17th, 1970 (May 17 1970) | Birth | Matt Lindland, American mixed martial arts fighter | Martial Quotes |
May 17th, 1969 (May 17 1969) | Event | Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure. | |
May 17th, 1969 (May 17 1969) | Birth | Thom Filicia, American television personality | |
May 17th, 1969 (May 17 1969) | Birth | Alan Doyle, Canadian musician (Great Big Sea) | |
May 17th, 1967 (May 17 1967) | Event | Six-Day War: President Abdul Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt. | |
May 17th, 1966 (May 17 1966) | Birth | Hill Harper, American actor | |
May 17th, 1966 (May 17 1966) | Birth | Mark Kratzmann, Australian tennis player | |
May 17th, 1965 (May 17 1965) | Birth | Richard Baumhammers, American spree killer | |
May 17th, 1965 (May 17 1965) | Birth | Trent Reznor, American musician (Nine Inch Nails) | |
May 17th, 1964 (May 17 1964) | Birth | Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (died in 1999) | |
May 17th, 1963 (May 17 1963) | Event | Bruno Sammartino defeats Nature Boy Buddy Rogers in 48 seconds in Madison Square Garden for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship. It begins the longest heavyweight championship reign in professional wrestling history. | |
May 17th, 1963 (May 17 1963) | Birth | Page McConnell, American musician and songwriter (Phish) | |
May 17th, 1963 (May 17 1963) | Death | John Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (born in 1888) | |
May 17th, 1962 (May 17 1962) | Birth | Craig Ferguson, Scottish actor and comedian | |
May 17th, 1962 (May 17 1962) | Birth | Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer | |
May 17th, 1961 (May 17 1961) | Birth | Enya, Irish singer and songwriter | |
May 17th, 1960 (May 17 1960) | Birth | Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter | |
May 17th, 1959 (May 17 1959) | Birth | Marcelo Loffreda, Argentine rugby player and coach | |
May 17th, 1959 (May 17 1959) | Birth | Jim Nantz, American broadcaster | |
May 17th, 1958 (May 17 1958) | Birth | Paul Di Anno, English singer (Iron Maiden) | Ron Paul Quotes |
May 17th, 1957 (May 17 1957) | Birth | Pascual Perez, Dominican baseball player | |
May 17th, 1956 (May 17 1956) | Birth | Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer | |
May 17th, 1956 (May 17 1956) | Birth | Bob Saget, American actor | |
May 17th, 1956 (May 17 1956) | Birth | Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist | |
May 17th, 1955 (May 17 1955) | Birth | Bill Paxton, American actor and film director | |
May 17th, 1954 (May 17 1954) | Event | The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. | |
May 17th, 1952 (May 17 1952) | Birth | Howard Hampton, Canadian politician | |
May 17th, 1951 (May 17 1951) | Birth | Simon Hughes, British politician | |
May 17th, 1950 (May 17 1950) | Birth | Howard Ashman, American lyricist (died in 1991) | |
May 17th, 1950 (May 17 1950) | Birth | Janez Drnovsek, Slovenian politician | |
May 17th, 1949 (May 17 1949) | Birth | Bill Bruford, English musician (Yes) | |
May 17th, 1948 (May 17 1948) | Birth | Dick Gaughan, Scottish musician, singer and songwriter | |
May 17th, 1947 (May 17 1947) | Death | George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (born in 1869) | |
May 17th, 1946 (May 17 1946) | Birth | Udo Lindenberg, German musician | |
May 17th, 1946 (May 17 1946) | Birth | F. Paul Wilson, American novelist | |
May 17th, 1945 (May 17 1945) | Birth | Tony Roche, Australian tennis player | |
May 17th, 1943 (May 17 1943) | Event | The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania s Moore School to develop the ENIAC. | |
May 17th, 1943 (May 17 1943) | Event | World War II: the Dambuster Raids by No. 617 Squadron RAF on German dams. | |
May 17th, 1943 (May 17 1943) | Birth | Johnny Warren, Australian Footballer (died in 2004) | |
May 17th, 1943 (May 17 1943) | Birth | Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (died in 2005) | |
May 17th, 1942 (May 17 1942) | Birth | Taj Mahal, American musician | |
May 17th, 1941 (May 17 1941) | Birth | David Cope, American composer and author | |
May 17th, 1941 (May 17 1941) | Birth | Ben Nelson. American politician | |
May 17th, 1941 (May 17 1941) | Birth | Grace Zabriskie, American actress | |
May 17th, 1940 (May 17 1940) | Event | World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium. | |
May 17th, 1940 (May 17 1940) | Event | World War II: the old city centre of the Dutch town of Middelburg is bombed by the German Luftwaffe, to force the surrender of the Dutch armies in Zeeland. | |
May 17th, 1940 (May 17 1940) | Birth | Alan Kay, American computer scientist | Alan Kay Quotes |
May 17th, 1940 (May 17 1940) | Birth | Reynato Puno, Filipino Supreme Court Chief Justice | |
May 17th, 1939 (May 17 1939) | Birth | Gary Paulsen, American author | |
May 17th, 1938 (May 17 1938) | Birth | Jason Bernard, American actor (died in 1996) | |
May 17th, 1938 (May 17 1938) | Death | Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (born in 1877) | |
May 17th, 1937 (May 17 1937) | Birth | Hazel R. O Leary, United States Secretary of Energy | |
May 17th, 1937 (May 17 1937) | Death | Guillame Furret, Portuguese playwright and political activist (born in 1863) | |
May 17th, 1936 (May 17 1936) | Birth | Dennis Hopper, American actor and director | |
May 17th, 1936 (May 17 1936) | Death | Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (born in 1868) | |
May 17th, 1935 (May 17 1935) | Birth | Dennis Potter, English writer (died in 1994) | |
May 17th, 1935 (May 17 1935) | Death | Paul Dukas, French composer (born in 1865) | |
May 17th, 1933 (May 17 1933) | Event | Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling - the national-socialist party of Norway. | |
May 17th, 1931 (May 17 1931) | Birth | Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (died in 1997) | |
May 17th, 1927 (May 17 1927) | Event | U.S. Army aviation pioneer, Major Harold Geiger, dies in the crash of his Airco DH.4 de Havilland plane at Olmstead Field, Pennsylvania | |
May 17th, 1927 (May 17 1927) | Death | Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (born in 1884) | |
May 17th, 1921 (May 17 1921) | Birth | Dennis Brain, English French horn player (died in 1957) | |
May 17th, 1921 (May 17 1921) | Birth | Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (died in 1998) | |
May 17th, 1919 (May 17 1919) | Event | War Department (UK) orders use of National Star Insignia on all airplanes. | |
May 17th, 1919 (May 17 1919) | Birth | Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (died in 2007) | |
May 17th, 1919 (May 17 1919) | Birth | Merle Miller, American biographer (died in 1986) | |
May 17th, 1919 (May 17 1919) | Death | Guido von List, German occult author (born in 1848) | |
May 17th, 1918 (May 17 1918) | Birth | Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (died in 2005) | |
May 17th, 1917 (May 17 1917) | Death | Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (born in 1829) | |
May 17th, 1916 (May 17 1916) | Death | Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (born in 1862) | |
May 17th, 1915 (May 17 1915) | Event | The last British Liberal Party government (Herbert Henry Asquith) falls. | Herbert Asquith Quotes |
May 17th, 1913 (May 17 1913) | Birth | Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver (died in 2007) | |
May 17th, 1911 (May 17 1911) | Birth | Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-born supermodel (died in 1992) | |
May 17th, 1911 (May 17 1911) | Birth | Maureen O Sullivan, Irish actress (died in 1998) | |
May 17th, 1906 (May 17 1906) | Birth | Zinka Milanov, Croatian soprano (died in 1989) | |
May 17th, 1904 (May 17 1904) | Birth | Jean Gabin, French actor (died in 1976) | |
May 17th, 1903 (May 17 1903) | Birth | Cool Papa Bell, baseball player (died in 1991) | |
May 17th, 1902 (May 17 1902) | Event | Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer. | |
May 17th, 1901 (May 17 1901) | Birth | Werner Egk, German composer (died in 1983) | |
May 17th, 1900 (May 17 1900) | Event | Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking. | |
May 17th, 1900 (May 17 1900) | Birth | Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Muslim cleric (died in 1989) | Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes |
May 17th, 1898 (May 17 1898) | Birth | Alfred Joseph Casson, Canadian painter (died in 1992) | |
May 17th, 1897 (May 17 1897) | Birth | Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1981) | |
May 17th, 1895 (May 17 1895) | Event | The first Omonoia station of the Athens metro is inaugurated in Greece. | |
May 17th, 1891 (May 17 1891) | Birth | Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (died in 1959) | |
May 17th, 1888 (May 17 1888) | Birth | Tich Freeman, English cricketer (died in 1965) | |
May 17th, 1888 (May 17 1888) | Death | Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (born in 1820) | |
May 17th, 1886 (May 17 1886) | Birth | Alfonso XIII of Spain (died in 1941) | |
May 17th, 1886 (May 17 1886) | Death | John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (born in 1804) | |
May 17th, 1879 (May 17 1879) | Birth | Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (died in 1926) | |
May 17th, 1879 (May 17 1879) | Death | Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (born in 1805) | |
May 17th, 1875 (May 17 1875) | Event | Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby. | |
May 17th, 1875 (May 17 1875) | Death | John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (born in 1821) | |
May 17th, 1873 (May 17 1873) | Birth | Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (died in 1935) | |
May 17th, 1873 (May 17 1873) | Birth | Dorothy Richardson, English writer (died in 1957) | |
May 17th, 1868 (May 17 1868) | Birth | Horace Elgin Dodge, American automobile manufacturer (died in 1920) | Horace Quotes |
May 17th, 1868 (May 17 1868) | Death | Isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (born in 1834) | |
May 17th, 1866 (May 17 1866) | Birth | Erik Satie, French composer (died in 1925) | |
May 17th, 1865 (May 17 1865) | Event | The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established. | |
May 17th, 1863 (May 17 1863) | Event | Rosalia de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, her first book in the Galician language. | |
May 17th, 1860 (May 17 1860) | Event | German football club TSV 1860 Munchen is founded | |
May 17th, 1849 (May 17 1849) | Event | A fire threatens to burn St. Louis, Missouri to the ground. | |
May 17th, 1844 (May 17 1844) | Birth | Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (died in 1918) | |
May 17th, 1839 (May 17 1839) | Death | Archibald Alison, Scottish author (born in 1757) | |
May 17th, 1838 (May 17 1838) | Death | Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (born in 1754) | |
May 17th, 1838 (May 17 1838) | Death | Rene Caille, French explorer (born in 1799) | |
May 17th, 1836 (May 17 1836) | Birth | Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (died in 1900) | |
May 17th, 1836 (May 17 1836) | Birth | Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (died in 1923) | |
May 17th, 1829 (May 17 1829) | Death | John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (born in 1745) | |
May 17th, 1822 (May 17 1822) | Death | Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (born in 1766) | |
May 17th, 1821 (May 17 1821) | Birth | Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (died in 1897) | |
May 17th, 1814 (May 17 1814) | Event | Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian. | |
May 17th, 1814 (May 17 1814) | Event | The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly. | |
May 17th, 1809 (May 17 1809) | Event | Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire. | |
May 17th, 1809 (May 17 1809) | Death | Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (born in 1722) | |
May 17th, 1807 (May 17 1807) | Death | John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (born in 1745) | |
May 17th, 1801 (May 17 1801) | Death | William Heberden, English physician (born in 1710) | |
May 17th, 1797 (May 17 1797) | Death | Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (born in 1719) | |
May 17th, 1794 (May 17 1794) | Birth | Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (died in 1860) | James Brown Quotes |
May 17th, 1792 (May 17 1792) | Event | The New York Stock Exchange is formed. | |
May 17th, 1775 (May 17 1775) | Event | American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada. | |
May 17th, 1768 (May 17 1768) | Birth | Caroline of Brunswick, Queen consort of the United Kingdom (died in 1821) | |
May 17th, 1768 (May 17 1768) | Birth | Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (died in 1854) | |
May 17th, 1765 (May 17 1765) | Death | Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (born in 1713) | |
May 17th, 1758 (May 17 1758) | Birth | John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (died in 1839) | |
May 17th, 1749 (May 17 1749) | Birth | Edward Jenner, English medical researcher (died in 1823) | |
May 17th, 1743 (May 17 1743) | Birth | Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (died in 1784) | |
May 17th, 1729 (May 17 1729) | Death | Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (born in 1675) | Philo Quotes |
May 17th, 1727 (May 17 1727) | Death | Catherine I of Russia (born in 1684) | |
May 17th, 1718 (May 17 1718) | Birth | Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (died in 1778) | |
May 17th, 1706 (May 17 1706) | Birth | Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (died in 1780) | |
May 17th, 1682 (May 17 1682) | Birth | Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (died in 1722) | |
May 17th, 1673 (May 17 1673) | Event | Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River. | |
May 17th, 1643 (May 17 1643) | Death | Giovanni Picchi, Italian composer | |
May 17th, 1642 (May 17 1642) | Event | Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (1612-1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montreal. | |
May 17th, 1628 (May 17 1628) | Birth | Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (died in 1662) | |
May 17th, 1626 (May 17 1626) | Death | Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (born in 1570) | |
May 17th, 1590 (May 17 1590) | Event | Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland. | |
May 17th, 1575 (May 17 1575) | Death | Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 1504) | |
May 17th, 1551 (May 17 1551) | Birth | Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (died in 1601) | |
May 17th, 1536 (May 17 1536) | Death | George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, English diplomat | |
May 17th, 1521 (May 17 1521) | Event | Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. | |
May 17th, 1521 (May 17 1521) | Death | Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (born in 1478) | |
May 17th, 1510 (May 17 1510) | Death | Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (born in 1445) | |
May 17th, 1464 (May 17 1464) | Death | Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (born in 1427) | |
May 17th, 1443 (May 17 1443) | Birth | Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England | Richard III of England Quotes |
May 17th, 1395 (May 17 1395) | Death | Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm | |
May 17th, 1365 (May 17 1365) | Death | Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (born in 1328) | |
May 17th, 1336 (May 17 1336) | Death | Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (born in 1288) | |
May 17th, 1189 (May 17 1189) | Death | Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (born in 1159) | |
May 17th, 1155 (May 17 1155) | Birth | Jien, Japanese poet and historian (died in 1225) | |