Historical Events In August - 17

0682  St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 17.   

0754  On August - 17 karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1180  Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira on this day in history.   

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

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

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 August - 17.   

1544  On this day in history imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on August - 17.   

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  Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1607  On August - 17 pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608]   

1635  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer on this day in history.   

1717  On August - 17 france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement   

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

1730  On August - 17 mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61   

1731  On this day in history johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57   

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

1775  Philippe Libon, composer on August - 17.   

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

1779  Franz de Paula Roser, composer on August - 17.   

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

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

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 August - 17.   

1578  On August - 17 birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 August - 17.   

1153  On August - 17 death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

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