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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On August - 17 imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France   

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

1563  King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult on August - 17.   

1577  On this day in history peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots   

1579  On this day in history francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1648  -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish on August - 17.   

1676  On August - 17 grimmelshausen, writer, dies   

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

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer on August - 17.   

1717  On this day in history france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement   

1720  On August - 17 charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

1730  Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1731  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1775  On this day in history philippe Libon, composer   

1777  On this day in history giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54   

1779  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1786  Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 on August - 17.   

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1473  On August - 17 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 this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  On this day in history birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)   

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

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

1153  On this day in history death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

1304  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on August - 17.   

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  On this day in history francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48