Historical Events In August - 17

0682  In this year, St Leo II starts his reign as Catholic Pope   

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39.   

1180  Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira   

1227  Death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan.   

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1498  Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows and office to marry a French princess.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded.   

1536  Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1544  Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

1563  King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult   

1577  Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots.   

1579  Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I   

1585  Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma   

1586  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]   

1607  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608].   

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48.   

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

1676  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies.   

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

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1717  France, Russia and Prussia sign agreement.   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine).   

1730  Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61.   

1731  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57.   

1743  Sweden and Russia sign peace treaty.   

1775  Philippe Libon, composer.   

1777  Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54   

1779  Franz de Paula Roser, composer.   

1785  Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies   

1786  Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo is born.   

1786  Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo).   

1786  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  On this day in history 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 August - 17.   

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 August - 17 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  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  On this day in history francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48