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April 17 is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 258 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
Pages in category "Lists of musicians by birthday" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 365 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
April 1: April Fools' Day; Iranian Islamic Republic Day ( 1979 ) Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. 1871 – The Duke of Buckingham (pictured) opened the first section of the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
April 17: 1492 - Spain and Christopher Columbus sign a contract for him to sail to Asia to get spices; 1598 - Birth of Giovanni Riccioli, Italian astronomer (d. 1671) 1761 - Death of Thomas Bayes, English mathematician; 1794 - Birth of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (d. 1868) 1798 - Birth of Étienne Bobillier, French ...
April 16. April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 259 days remain until the end of the year.
18 February 1745 – Alessandro Volta 's birthday. 15 February 1786 – Cat's Eye Nebula discovered. 18 February 1838 – Ernst Mach 's birthday. 11 February 1847 – Thomas Edison 's birthday. 23 February 1855 – Carl Friedrich Gauss 's death.
April 19 is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 256 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
David Axelrod (April 17, 1936 –February 05, 2017), American composer and record producer, would have turned 88 this year. Chris Barber (April 17, 1930 –March 02, 2021), Brit bandleader and trombonist, would have turned 94 this year. Whitney Balliett (April 17, 1926 –February 01, 2007), American jazz critic, would have turned 98 this year.