Historical Events In August - 17

0682  St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.  

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

1544  Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France on August - 17.  

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on August - 17.  

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

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

1579  Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I on August - 17.  

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  On August - 17 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 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  On August - 17 grimmelshausen, writer, dies  

1681  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1686  On August - 17 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  On this day in history mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61  

1731  On this day in history johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57  

1743  On this day in history 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  Franz de Paula Roser, composer on this day in history.  

1785  Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

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

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on August - 17.  

1629  On this day in history birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)  

1686  On August - 17 birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer  

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

1753  On this day in history birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)  

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on this day in history.  

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on August - 17.  

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

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

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

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

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

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