Historical Events In May - 17

1804  Lewis & Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase on this day in history.   

1804  On May - 17 lewis & Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase   

1804  Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) on May - 17.   

1808  On May - 17 charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer   

1809  Papal States annexed by France on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies   

1812  Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day)   

1814  On this day in history norwegian constitution passed by constituent assembly at Eidsvoll   

1814  On May - 17 denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day)   

1819  On this day in history johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer   

1823  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer on this day in history.   

1836  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) on this day in history.   

1837  Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly) on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57   

1845  Rubber band patents on May - 17.   

1846  Saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax on May - 17.   

1846  Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history premier Earl Schimmelpenninck resigns   

1849  On May - 17 fire destroy Centrum in St Louis MO   

1849  Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis Missouri on this day in history.   

1850  Antonio Scontrino, composer on May - 17.   

1851  On May - 17 saint John New Brunswick, the launch of the sailing ship Marco Polo; reputed to be the fastest ship in the world.   

1851  Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election   

1859  On this day in history australian Rules Football first 'laws of the game' published   

1860  German football club TSV 1860 München is founded on May - 17.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities   

1863  On May - 17 battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi   

1863  On May - 17 battle of Big Black River Bridge, MS   

1864  On this day in history battle of Adairsville GA, Union forces Confederates to retreat   

1864  Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history n Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59   

1865  The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established on May - 17.   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.   

1443  On this day in history birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  On May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.   

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on May - 17.   

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on May - 17.   

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on this day in history.   

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  On May - 17 death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on this day in history.   

1464  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on this day in history.