Historical Events In July - 17
Friday, 29 March 2024
1841 On this day in history british humor magazine "Punch" first published
1841 British humor magazine "Punch" 1st published on this day in history.
1850 On this day in history harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (Vega)
1850 Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega) on this day in history.
1851 On this day in history beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37
1853 On this day in history francesco Fanciulli, composer
1856 Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila) on this day in history.
1859 Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party) on July - 17.
1861 On this day in history congress authorizes paper money
1862 On July - 17 uS army authorized to accept blacks as laborers
1862 Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition on July - 17.
1863 On July - 17 battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory
1863 On this day in history battle of Honey Springs
1863 James Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 on this day in history.
1864 On July - 17 cSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood
1864 Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 on this day in history.
1866 Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa on July - 17.
1867 The first permanent university dental school in US, Harvard on July - 17.
1867 On this day in history 1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established
1871 Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter on July - 17.
1871 On this day in history karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29
1873 On this day in history antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)
1875 On July - 17 donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer
1875 Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 on July - 17.
1876 Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat on this day in history.
1878 Henri Zagwijn, composer on July - 17.
1878 On July - 17 aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65
1879 The first railroad opens in Hawaii on this day in history.
1879 1st railroad opens in Hawaii on July - 17.
1883 On July - 17 bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)
1885 Benjamin James Dale, composer on July - 17.
1888 Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) on this day in history.
1889 On this day in history erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)
1890 On July - 17 cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony
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