Historical Events In May - 17
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1673 On May - 17 louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi
1678 On May - 17 king Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty
1691 On May - 17 antoine Court, French reformed theologist
1695 On this day in history cornelis de Heem, painter, dies
1712 On May - 17 maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands"
1727 On this day in history catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies
1729 On this day in history samuel Clarke, theologian, dies
1732 Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer on this day in history.
1733 On this day in history england passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions
1733 England passes the Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported by the colonies from countries that were not British possessions on this day in history.
1741 John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6] on May - 17.
1742 Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians on May - 17.
1744 On this day in history french army takes Austrian Netherlands
1749 Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination on May - 17.
1750 Tax revolt in Gorinchem on this day in history.
1750 On this day in history -18] Tax revolt in Gorinchem
1756 On May - 17 britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War)
1756 On May - 17 the French and Indian War starts today when England declares war on France
1757 War speculators raise the prices of bread and meat by 1000%; 4 oz. of bread the daily ration in Quebec on this day in history.
1768 On this day in history caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV
1775 In Philadelphia Pennsylvania, US Continental Congress bans trade with Canada. (I wonder what we did?) on May - 17.
1775 American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada on May - 17.
1787 On May - 17 english slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes
1792 On May - 17 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street
1792 On May - 17 the New York Stock Exchange formed today by 24 merchants at 70 Wall Street
1792 24 merchants form NY Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street on May - 17.
1793 On May - 17 in Alberta, Alexander Mackenzie 1764-1820 sights the Rockies.
1794 On this day in history hard frost in southern New England
1794 On this day in history anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer
1796 On May - 17 martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)
1796 On this day in history jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89
1800 Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer on this day in history.
1803 John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine on May - 17.
1803 On this day in history robert Smith Surtees, novelist
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