Historical Events In August - 17

0682  On this day in history st Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

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

1180  On this day in history yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira  

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 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 August - 17.  

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

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  On this day in history francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I  

1585  On August - 17 antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma  

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

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

1648  -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish on this day in history.  

1676  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on August - 17.  

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

1686  On August - 17 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 this day in history.  

1730  Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.  

1731  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on August - 17.  

1743  Sweden & Russia sign peace treaty on this day in history.  

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 August - 17.  

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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 August - 17.  

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on August - 17.  

1601  On August - 17 birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]  

1629  On August - 17 birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)  

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on August - 17.  

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

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

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 August - 17 death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded  

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

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

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.