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

1498  Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I on August - 17.  

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  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  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  -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish on this day in history.  

1676  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on August - 17.  

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

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 August - 17 mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61  

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

1743  On August - 17 sweden & Russia sign peace treaty  

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 August - 17.  

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

1786  The birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo on this day in history.  

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  On August - 17 birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)  

1586  On August - 17 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  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on August - 17.  

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  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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