May 17  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
Revision as of 16:24, 17 May 2008
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)
(Births)
← Previous diff
Revision as of 16:26, 17 May 2008
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)
(Births)
Next diff →
Line 13: Line 13:
==Births== ==Births==
-<!--  
-Please do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please.  
-Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. 
-Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> 
-*[[1155]] - [[Jien]], Japanese poet and historian (d. [[1225]]) 
-*[[1443]] - [[Edmund, Earl of Rutland]], brother of Kings [[Edward IV of England]] and [[Richard III of England]] 
-*[[1551]] - [[Martin Delrio]], Flemish theologian and occultist (d. [[1601]]) 
-*[[1628]] - Archduke [[Ferdinand Charles of Austria]], Regent of the Tyrol (d. [[1662]]) 
-*[[1682]] - [[Bartholomew Roberts]], AKA Black Bart, notorious Welsh pirate (d. [[1722]]) 
-*[[1706]] - [[Andreas Felix von Oefele]], German historian and librarian (d. [[1780]]) 
-*[[1718]] - [[Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness]], English diplomat and politician (d. [[1778]]) 
-*[[1743]] - [[Seth Warner]], American revolutionary leader (d. [[1784]]) 
-*[[1749]] - [[Edward Jenner]], English medical researcher (d. [[1823]]) 
-*[[1758]] - [[John St Aubyn]], British fossil collector (d. [[1839]]) 
-*[[1768]] - [[Caroline of Brunswick]], Queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. [[1821]]) 
-* 1768 - [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey]], English general (d. [[1854]]) 
-*[[1794]] - [[Anna Brownell Jameson]], British writer (d. [[1860]]) 
-*[[1821]] - [[Sebastian Kneipp]], German naturopathist (d. [[1897]]) 
-*[[1836]] - [[Wilhelm Steinitz]], Austrian chess player (d. [[1900]]) 
-* 1836 - [[Virginie Loveling]], Belgian writer and poet (d. [[1923]]) 
-*[[1844]] - [[Julius Wellhausen]], German biblical scholar (d. [[1918]]) 
*[[1866]] - [[Erik Satie]], French composer (d. [[1925]]) *[[1866]] - [[Erik Satie]], French composer (d. [[1925]])
-*[[1868]] - [[Horace Elgin Dodge]], American automobile manufacturer (d. [[1920]]) 
*[[1873]] - [[Henri Barbusse]], French novelist and journalist (d. [[1935]]) *[[1873]] - [[Henri Barbusse]], French novelist and journalist (d. [[1935]])
-* 1873 - [[Dorothy Richardson]], English writer (d. [[1957]]) 
-*[[1879]] - [[Simon Petlyura]], Ukrainian independence fighter (d. [[1926]]) 
-*[[1886]] - [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]] (d. [[1941]]) 
-*[[1888]] - [[Tich Freeman]], English cricketer (d. [[1965]]) 
-*[[1891]] - [[Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife]] (d. [[1959]]) 
-*[[1897]] - [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1981]]) 
-*[[1898]] - [[Alfred Joseph Casson]], Canadian painter (d. [[1992]]) 
-*[[1900]] - [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], Iranian Muslim cleric (d. [[1989]]) 
-*[[1901]] - [[Werner Egk]], German composer (d. [[1983]]) 
-*[[1903]] - [[Cool Papa Bell]], baseball player (d. [[1991]]) 
*[[1904]] - [[Jean Gabin]], French actor (d. [[1976]]) *[[1904]] - [[Jean Gabin]], French actor (d. [[1976]])
-*[[1906]] - [[Zinka Milanov]], Croatian soprano (d. [[1989]]) 
-*[[1911]] - [[Lisa Fonssagrives]], Swedish-born supermodel (d. [[1992]]) 
-* 1911 - [[Maureen O'Sullivan]], Irish actress (d. [[1998]]) 
-*[[1913]] - [[Hans Ruesch]], Swiss racing driver (d. [[2007]]) 
-*[[1918]] - [[Birgit Nilsson]], Swedish soprano (d. [[2005]]) 
-*[[1919]] - [[Antonio Aguilar]], Mexican singer and actor (d. [[2007]]) 
-* 1919 - [[Merle Miller]], American biographer (d. [[1986]]) 
-*[[1921]] - [[Dennis Brain]], English French horn player (d. [[1957]]) 
-* 1921 - [[Bob Merrill]], American composer and lyricist (d. [[1998]]) 
-*[[1931]] - [[Marshall Applewhite]], American cult leader (d. [[1997]]) 
*[[1935]] - [[Dennis Potter]], English writer (d. [[1994]]) *[[1935]] - [[Dennis Potter]], English writer (d. [[1994]])
*[[1936]] - [[Dennis Hopper]], American actor and director *[[1936]] - [[Dennis Hopper]], American actor and director
 +
*[[1937]] - [[Hazel R. O'Leary]], [[United States Secretary of Energy]] *[[1937]] - [[Hazel R. O'Leary]], [[United States Secretary of Energy]]
*[[1938]] - [[Jason Bernard]], American actor (d. [[1996]]) *[[1938]] - [[Jason Bernard]], American actor (d. [[1996]])

Revision as of 16:26, 17 May 2008

James Whistler's painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) caused controversy when exhibited in London and, later, at the Salon des Refusés in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the accurate portrayal of the natural world.
Enlarge
James Whistler's painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) caused controversy when exhibited in London and, later, at the Salon des Refusés in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the accurate portrayal of the natural world.

Related e

Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Shop


Featured:

Contents

Art and culture

Births

Births

Deaths




Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "May 17" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.

Personal tools