Historical Events In August - 17

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

0754  On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1180  Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira on this day in history.   

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

1464  On this day in history 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 August - 17 pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1544  Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France on August - 17.   

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

1563  On August - 17 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 August - 17.   

1585  On this day in history antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma   

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

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

1676  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on August - 17.   

1681  On this day in history nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76   

1686  On this day in history nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1717  France, Russia & Prussia sign agreement on August - 17.   

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  On this day in history johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57   

1743  On this day in history sweden & Russia sign peace treaty   

1775  On August - 17 philippe Libon, composer   

1777  On August - 17 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54   

1779  Franz de Paula Roser, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1786  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  On this day in history birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

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

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 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  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1304  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on this day in history.   

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

1553  On this day in history charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

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