Historical Events In August - 17

0682  St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 17.   

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

1180  On August - 17 yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira   

1227  Death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

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

1544  On this day in history imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France   

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  On this day in history peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots   

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

1585  Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma on August - 17.   

1586  On this day in history 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  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608] on August - 17.   

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  On August - 17 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 August - 17 france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) on this day in history.   

1730  On this day in history mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61   

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

1743  On August - 17 sweden & Russia sign peace treaty   

1775  On August - 17 philippe Libon, composer   

1777  Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

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

1786  On August - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

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  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.