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  On this day in history yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira  

1227  On August - 17 death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan.  

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  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded  

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

1544  Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France on August - 17.  

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  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 this day in history 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  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 August - 17.  

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

1676  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1681  On this day in history nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76  

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer on August - 17.  

1717  France, Russia & Prussia sign agreement on August - 17.  

1720  On this day in history 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 August - 17.  

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

1779  On August - 17 franz de Paula Roser, composer  

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

1786  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on August - 17.  

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.  

1686  On this day in history birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer  

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 August - 17.  

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

1304  On August - 17 death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)  

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on August - 17.  

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  On August - 17 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies  

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