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 August - 17.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1536  Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.  

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 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 August - 17.  

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  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 August - 17 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 this day in history.  

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

1743  Sweden & Russia sign peace treaty on August - 17.  

1775  Philippe Libon, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

1785  Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies on August - 17.  

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 this day in history frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74  

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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 August - 17.  

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

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on August - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on this day in history.  

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 August - 17.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.