Birthdays occurring on January, 17

1600

Pedro Calderon de la Barca was born on January 17, 1600 Dramatist and poet, the greatest Spanish playwright of the Golden Age, 1600-1681 What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story, And the greatest good is little enough: for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams More quotations from Pedro Calderon de la Barca

1706

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 American statesman, scientist, philosopher, printer, writer and inventor. 1706-1790 Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security More quotations from Benjamin Franklin

1771

Charles Brockden Brown was born on January 17, 1771 Of all the forms of injustice, that is the most egregious which makes the circumstances of sex a reason for excluding one half of mankind from all those paths which lead to usefulness and honor More quotations from Charles Brockden Brown

1820

Anne Bronte was born on January 17, 1820 English poet and novelist, 1820-1849 But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. More quotations from Anne Bronte

Deaths occurring on January, 17

2001

Gregory Corso died on January 17, 2001 They, that unnamed "they," they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up-and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me. More quotations from Gregory Corso

2002

Camilo Jose Cela died on January 17, 2002 Spanish writer, 1989 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1916-2002 There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it. More quotations from Camilo Jose Cela