births
August 17, 1686
Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (died 1768)
Nicola Porpora
Nicola Antonio Giacinto Porpora was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students included composers Johann Adolph Hasse, Matteo Capranica and Joseph Haydn.
August 17
August 17 is the 229th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year.