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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, 1600-1681What 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 | |
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 | |
Deaths occurring on January, 17
1911 |
Francis Galton died on January 17, 1911
(Statistics are) the only tools by which an opening can be cut through the formidable thicket of difficulties that bars the path of those who pursue the Science of Man More quotations from Francis Galton | |
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