Historical Events In August - 17

0682  St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 17.  

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.  

1180  Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira on August - 17.  

1227  Death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan on August - 17.  

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on this day in history.  

1498  On this day in history cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess  

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded  

1536  On August - 17 pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight  

1544  On this day in history imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France  

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

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1563  King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult on August - 17.  

1577  Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots on this day in history.  

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

1635  On this day in history francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48  

1648  On this day in history -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish  

1676  On this day in history grimmelshausen, writer, dies  

1681  On August - 17 nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76  

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

1717  France, Russia & Prussia sign agreement on August - 17.  

1720  On August - 17 charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)  

1730  On this day in history mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61  

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

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

1775  On August - 17 philippe Libon, composer  

1777  Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on August - 17.  

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

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

1786  The birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo on August - 17.  

1786  On August - 17 davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo)  

1786  Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 on August - 17.  

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1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on this day in history.  

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on August - 17.  

1586  On this day in history birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)  

1601  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]  

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.  

1686  On this day in history birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer  

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on this day in history.  

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on August - 17.  

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

1153  On August - 17 death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)  

1304  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on August - 17.  

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

1510  On August - 17 death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded  

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

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

1635  On this day in history francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48