Sat 17 Feb 1945

Brenda Fricker, actress, born

Tue 17 Feb 1903

Joseph Parry, composer of the Welsh Opera Blodwen, died

Mon 17 Feb 1896

Horace Plunkett and W.E.H. Lecky, support John Redmonds plea for clemency for Irish political prisoners

Sat 17 Feb 1781

Rene T.H. Laennec, Famed French physician born

Tue 17 Feb 1688

James Renwick, last Covenanter to be executed

Sat 17 Feb 1540

King James V passed a law which recognised Scotlands gypsies