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 August - 17.  

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 August - 17 edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded  

1536  On August - 17 pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight  

1544  Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France on this day in history.  

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

1563  On August - 17 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  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  On August - 17 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  On August - 17 grimmelshausen, writer, dies  

1681  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer on August - 17.  

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  On August - 17 mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61  

1731  On this day in history johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57  

1743  On August - 17 sweden & Russia sign peace treaty  

1775  Philippe Libon, composer on August - 17.  

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

1779  On this day in history franz de Paula Roser, composer  

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  On this day in history davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo)  

1786  Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on August - 17.  

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

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

1601  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on August - 17.  

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.  

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

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

1464  On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies  

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.  

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on August - 17.  

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.  

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on August - 17.