Historical Events In June - 17

1719  Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1725  On June - 17 joseph Anton Bauer, composer   

1734  On June - 17 french troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine   

1734  On this day in history duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle   

1742  On June - 17 william Hooper, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence)   

1745  American colonials capture the French fort Louisburg on Cape Breton Island on this day in history.   

1745  On June - 17 american colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French   

1750  Michel Woldemar, composer on June - 17.   

1756  On June - 17 pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public   

1773  On this day in history cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar   

1775  Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill) on this day in history.   

1789  3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly on June - 17.   

1797  On this day in history aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed   

1810  On this day in history f Freiligrath, writer   

1811  On June - 17 jon Sigurdsson, Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends   

1815  On June - 17 stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda   

1815  On June - 17 hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle   

1817  On this day in history thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

1818  On June - 17 charles Francois Gounod, Paris France, opera composer (Faust)   

1823  The waterproof material for raincoats patented by Charles Macintosh on June - 17.   

1823  John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 on June - 17.   

1824  Bureau of Indian Affairs established on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian   

1830  Rochard Montgomery Gano, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1913 on this day in history.   

1832  William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium) on this day in history.   

1833  On June - 17 uSS Delaware enters drydock at Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, VA, the first warship to enter a public drydock in the United States   

1837  On June - 17 charles Goodyear obtains his first rubber patent   

1837  Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent on June - 17.   

1837  Vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863 on June - 17.   

1838  On this day in history bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Kapala-Kundala)   

1839  On June - 17 in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is later established as a result.   

1845  On this day in history hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker   

1850  On June - 17 paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die)   

1855  Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed on this day in history.   

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1239  On June - 17 birth of edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England   

1603  On June - 17 birth of joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)   

1604  On June - 17 birth of johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House)   

1682  On June - 17 birth of charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)   

1691  On June - 17 birth of giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)   

1693  On June - 17 birth of johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)   

1703  John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists) was born on this day in history.   

1704  John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.   

0656  Death of Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered on this day in history.   

0676  On June - 17 adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies   

0855  Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies on June - 17.   

1091  On June - 17 dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies   

1119  On June - 17 boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies   

1463  On June - 17 death of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436)   

1501  On this day in history jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies   

1565  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536) on this day in history.