Historical Events In August - 17
Thursday, 10 July 2025
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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