Historical Events In August - 17

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  Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira on this day in history.  

1227  On August - 17 death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan.  

1464  On this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies  

1498  Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess on this day in history.  

1510  Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.  

1536  Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.  

1544  On August - 17 imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France  

1553  On this day in history charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies  

1563  On August - 17 king Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult  

1577  On August - 17 peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots  

1579  On August - 17 francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I  

1585  Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma on August - 17.  

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) on August - 17.  

1590  John White returns to Roanoke, Virginia to find no trace of colonist's he had left there 3 yrs earlier [or Aug 18, 1591] on this day in history.  

1607  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608] on August - 17.  

1635  On August - 17 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48  

1648  -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish on August - 17.  

1676  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on August - 17.  

1681  On this day in history nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76  

1686  On August - 17 nicola Antonio Porpora, composer  

1717  On August - 17 france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement  

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) on August - 17.  

1730  Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.  

1731  On August - 17 johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57  

1743  On this day in history sweden & Russia sign peace treaty  

1775  On this day in history philippe Libon, composer  

1777  On August - 17 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54  

1779  Franz de Paula Roser, composer on August - 17.  

1785  On this day in history jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies  

1786  On this day in history 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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1473  On this day in history birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)  

1578  On this day in history birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)  

1586  On August - 17 birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)  

1601  On August - 17 birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]  

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on August - 17.  

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on this day in history.  

1720  On this day in history birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)  

1753  On August - 17 birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)  

0754  On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39  

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on this day in history.  

1304  On August - 17 death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)  

1464  On this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies  

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.  

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on August - 17.  

1553  On August - 17 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies  

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on August - 17.