Historical Events In August - 17

0682  On this day in history 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  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on August - 17.   

1498  On this day in history cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess   

1510  On August - 17 edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

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

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

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

1563  On this day in history king Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult   

1577  On August - 17 peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots   

1579  On August - 17 francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I   

1585  Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma on this day in history.   

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

1590  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1676  On August - 17 grimmelshausen, writer, dies   

1681  On August - 17 nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76   

1686  On August - 17 nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

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

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 August - 17 johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57   

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

1775  Philippe Libon, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1785  On August - 17 jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies   

1786  On August - 17 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 August - 17 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  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on August - 17.   

1586  On this day in history birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 17.   

1753  On August - 17 birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

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