Historical Events In February - 17

1885  Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa on this day in history.  

1887  On this day in history leevi Antti Madetoja, composer  

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) on this day in history.  

1889  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire on February - 17.  

1891  Georg Britting, writer on February - 17.  

1892  On February - 17 theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)  

1895  Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) on this day in history.  

1896  London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective on this day in history.  

1897  On this day in history national Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)  

1897  Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady) on this day in history.  

1898  Tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt) on February - 17.  

1901  On February - 17 ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38  

1902  On February - 17 marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)  

1903  On this day in history johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen  

1903  Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan  

1904  On February - 17 albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe)  

1905  On this day in history frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall  

1905  On this day in history serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered  

1906  Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House on February - 17.  

1906  On this day in history galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)  

1907  Alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award) on February - 17.  

1907  On this day in history henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies  

1908  On this day in history staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place)  

1908  Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 on this day in history.  

1909  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS] on February - 17.  

1910  Ai Qing, poet on February - 17.  

1911  1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego) on this day in history.  

1911  Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising) on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57  

1913  New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to American public. The show is considered "shocking" and calls to close it are made on this day in history.  

1913  1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon) on this day in history.  

1913  Josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director on this day in history.  

1914  Albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary on February - 17.  

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1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on February - 17.  

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

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on this day in history.  

1581  Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on February - 17.  

1583  On February - 17 birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist  

1646  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)  

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

1667  On February - 17 birth of georg Bronner, composer  

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria  

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 this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)