Home /calendar /february /February 17, 1896On February 17, 1896 in Celtic HistoryHorace plunkett and w. e. h. lecky, support john redmonds plea for clemency for irish political prisonersShare : More From This Daycalendar 1945Brenda Fricker, actress, bornFebruary 17, 1945calendar 1903Joseph Parry, composer of the Welsh Opera Blodwen, diedFebruary 17, 1903calendar 1781Rene T.H. Laennec, Famed French physician bornFebruary 17, 1781calendar 1688James Renwick, last Covenanter to be executedFebruary 17, 1688calendar 1540King James V passed a law which recognised Scotlands gypsiesFebruary 17, 1540
