Historical Events In October - 17

1720  On October - 17 maria Teresa Agnesi, composer   

1725  On October - 17 john Wilkes, English journalist/MP (N Briton)   

1729  On October - 17 pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer   

1730  On October - 17 ernestus Weinrauch, composer   

1734  On October - 17 grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II   

1740  Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia on this day in history.   

1748  On October - 17 french troops lift siege of English at Pondicherry, India.   

1763  On October - 17 arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76   

1777  British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga, NY on October - 17.   

1777  On this day in history british General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY   

1781  On October - 17 cornwallis defeated at Yorktown   

1787  Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities on October - 17.   

1797  On October - 17 peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France   

1800  Dutch colony Curacao transfered to England on October - 17.   

1805  On October - 17 napoleon breaks camp at Boulogne, proceeds by forced marches into Germany, forces the surrender October 17 at Ulm of a 30,000-man Austrian army under Baron Karl Mack von Leiberich, 53, and caps the victory by taking Vienna   

1806  On October - 17 former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule.   

1806  On October - 17 alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist   

1806  On this day in history jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies   

1808  On October - 17 political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw   

1811  Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich) on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history london Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine.   

1815  Napoleon arrives in St Helena on this day in history.   

1815  Emanuel Geibel, writer on October - 17.   

1817  Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan) on this day in history.   

1825  On October - 17 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris   

1825  Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1829  On October - 17 delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opened   

1829  Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres   

1837  Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 on October - 17.   

1844  Miguel Nieto, composer on October - 17.   

1845  Franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library on October - 17.   

1848  William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball on this day in history.   

1849  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on this day in history.   

1563  On October - 17 birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on October - 17.   

1623  On October - 17 birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on October - 17.   

1688  On October - 17 birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on October - 17.   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on October - 17.   

1174  On October - 17 death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  On this day in history jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on October - 17.   

1586  On October - 17 philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

1616  On October - 17 death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  On this day in history death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  On October - 17 death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)