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 August - 17.   

1227  On this day in history death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan.   

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

1498  Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess on August - 17.   

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

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 this day in history king Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult   

1577  Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots on August - 17.   

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

1585  On August - 17 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 August - 17.   

1607  On this day in history 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 August - 17 -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish   

1676  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on August - 17.   

1681  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 on August - 17.   

1686  On this day in history nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1717  France, Russia & Prussia sign agreement on this day in history.   

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

1730  On August - 17 mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61   

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

1743  On August - 17 sweden & Russia sign peace treaty   

1775  Philippe Libon, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 17.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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