Historical Events In August - 17

0682  St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

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

1180  Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira on August - 17.   

1227  Death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan on August - 17.   

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

1498  Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess on August - 17.   

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

1536  On this day in history pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

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  King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult on this day in history.   

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

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  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) on this day in history.   

1730  On this day in history mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61   

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 August - 17 philippe Libon, composer   

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

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

1785  On this day in history jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies   

1786  The birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo on August - 17.   

1786  Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo) on this day in history.   

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

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1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on August - 17.   

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

1686  On August - 17 birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1720  On this day in history birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

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

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

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

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

1536  On this day in history death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

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

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