Historical Events In August - 17
Saturday, 27 April 2024
0682 On August - 17 st Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0754 Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on this day in history.
1180 On this day in history yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira
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 August - 17 cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess
1510 Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.
1536 On August - 17 pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight
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 King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult on this day in history.
1577 Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots on this day in history.
1579 On this day in history francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I
1585 On this day in history antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma
1586 Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) on this day in history.
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 On August - 17 pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608]
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 this day in history.
1676 Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on this day in history.
1681 Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1686 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1731 Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1743 On August - 17 sweden & Russia sign peace treaty
1775 Philippe Libon, composer on this day in history.
1777 On August - 17 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
1779 On August - 17 franz de Paula Roser, composer
1785 Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies on this day in history.
1786 On August - 17 the birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo
1786 Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo) on August - 17.
1786 Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
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