Historical Events In August - 17

0682  On August - 17 st Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

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 August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

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

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1579  Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history 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 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  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608] on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history grimmelshausen, writer, dies   

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

1686  On this day in history nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1717  On this day in history france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement   

1720  On August - 17 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 August - 17.   

1743  On August - 17 sweden & Russia sign peace treaty   

1775  On this day in history philippe Libon, composer   

1777  On this day in history giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54   

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

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

1786  The birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo on this day in history.   

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

1786  On this day in history frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74   

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1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on August - 17.   

1578  On August - 17 birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 17.   

1686  On August - 17 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  On this day in history birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

0754  On August - 17 karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

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

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 this day in history death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  On this day in history death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

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

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