Historical Events In 1817

May 16   Mississippi River steamboat service begins on this day in history.  

May 18   James William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on this day in history.  

May 21   Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

May 31   Edouard Deldevez, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 17   Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 in the year 1817.  

Jun 18   Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies in the year 1817.  

Jun 21   James Brewerton Ricketts, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887 on this day in history.  

Jun 23   Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jun 24   1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.  

Jun 24   The first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.  

Jun 24   On this day in history thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83  

Jun 30   Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist on this day in history.  

Jun 30   Joseph D Hooker, British botanist on this day in history.  

Jul 04   In the year 1817 construction on Erie Canal begins  

Jul 12   On this day in history 1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)  

Jul 12   In the year 1817 henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond)  

Jul 12   On this day in history the birth of Henry Thoreau, American author  

Jul 12   The first flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland) in the year 1817.  

Jul 15   On this day in history john Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway)  

Jul 17   In the year 1817 ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer  

Jul 18   In the year 1817 jane Austen, writer, dies  

Jul 19   In the year 1817 mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union)  

Jul 21   On this day in history john Gilbert, painter/illustrator  

Jul 24   Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905) on this day in history.  

Jul 29   In the year 1817 james Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883  

Jul 30   On this day in history charles Radoux-Rogier, composer  

Jul 31   Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 on this day in history.  

Aug 03   On this day in history albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza)  

Aug 13   On this day in history karoly Thern, composer  

Aug 16   Henry Winter Davis, MC (Union), died in 1865 on this day in history.  

Aug 17   Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71) in the year 1817.  

Aug 18   Gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore on this day in history.  

Aug 24   On this day in history aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]  

Sep 05   Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [NS] in the year 1817.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1817 birth of martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of john Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893)  

Jan 14   Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna) was born in the year 1817.  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871  

Jan 18   Jacques Gregoir, composer was born in the year 1817.  

Jan 31   Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia) was born in the year 1817.  

Feb 02   On this day in history birth of john Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid)  

Jan 01   On this day in history martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73  

Jan 12   In the year 1817 death of juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)  

Jan 14   Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1817.  

Jan 16   Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1817.  

Feb 09   In the year 1817 franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54  

Feb 18   Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 in the year 1817.  

Feb 20   Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.