Historical Events In February - 17

0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on February - 17.   

0440  On this day in history mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1370  On this day in history battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania   

1371  On this day in history ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1444  On February - 17 rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

1490  On February - 17 charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1500  On this day in history battle of Hemmingstedt.   

1568  Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1598  On February - 17 boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia   

1600  Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1612  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1621  Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony on February - 17.   

1634  William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti on February - 17.   

1652  Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1653  On February - 17 arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1654  Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history france & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty   

1673  On February - 17 moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies   

1675  On February - 17 johann Melchior Conradi, composer   

1676  On this day in history kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty   

1688  On this day in history rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian   

1691  On this day in history thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service   

1696  On February - 17 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer   

1697  Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer on February - 17.   

1699  On this day in history hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)   

1714  Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree on this day in history.   

1715  Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on February - 17.   

1723  Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination on February - 17.   

1732  Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1740  Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist on this day in history.   

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1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on this day in history.   

1490  On this day in history birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1519  On February - 17 birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on February - 17.   

1653  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on February - 17.   

0364  On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on February - 17.   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1609  On February - 17 death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)