Historical Events In August - 17
Saturday, 27 July 2024
0682 On August - 17 st Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0754 On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39
1180 On August - 17 yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira
1227 On August - 17 death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan.
1464 On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies
1498 On August - 17 cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess
1510 On August - 17 edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded
1536 Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.
1544 Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France on this day in history.
1553 Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.
1563 On this day in history king Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult
1577 Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots on August - 17.
1579 Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I on this day in history.
1585 On August - 17 antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma
1586 On this day in history johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)
1590 On this day in history john White returns to Roanoke, Virginia to find no trace of colonist's he had left there 3 yrs earlier [or Aug 18, 1591]
1607 On this day in history pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608]
1635 Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on August - 17.
1648 -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish on August - 17.
1676 Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on this day in history.
1681 Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 on August - 17.
1686 On this day in history nicola Antonio Porpora, composer
1717 France, Russia & Prussia sign agreement on August - 17.
1720 On this day in history charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)
1730 Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.
1731 Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1743 On August - 17 sweden & Russia sign peace treaty
1775 On this day in history philippe Libon, composer
1777 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1779 Franz de Paula Roser, composer on August - 17.
1785 Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies on August - 17.
1786 On August - 17 the birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo
1786 Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo) on this day in history.
1786 Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
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