Events & Holidays In July - 17

Constitution Day (South Korea)

Hurricane Supplication Day (US Virgin Islands)

Munoz Rivera Day (Puerto Rico)

1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah  

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)  

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.  

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer  

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering  

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)  

1763  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education  

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.  

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.  

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.  

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.  

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.  

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.  

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.  

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.  

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.