Page 2: Historical Events In August - 17

1787  On August - 17 jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups   

1788  On August - 17 losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded   

1792  Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38 on August - 17.   

1795  Slave revolt at Knip plantation, Curacao on August - 17.   

1796  On this day in history english beat Bataafs navy in Saldanha Bay   

1804  Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies on August - 17.   

1807  On August - 17 robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River   

1808  On August - 17 napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain   

1811  On August - 17 johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will)   

1812  On August - 17 frigate President captures British schooner L'Adeline in North Atlantic   

1817  Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71) on August - 17.   

1819  James Henry Van Alen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 on August - 17.   

1827  Dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord on this day in history.   

1828  On August - 17 george William Warren, composer   

1834  On this day in history charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile   

1834  Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (Leie/Rubens Cantata) on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history solymon Merrick patents wrench   

1836  British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death on this day in history.   

1839  Hubert Platt Main, composer on this day in history.   

1840  Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) on this day in history.   

1841  Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet on August - 17.   

1844  On this day in history menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913)   

1846  On August - 17 uS takes Los Angeles   

1846  On August - 17 uS fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California   

1850  On August - 17 jose de San Martin, liberator of Chile, dies.   

1850  Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies on August - 17.   

1851  On this day in history henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist   

1856  On this day in history violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master)   

1858  On August - 17 1st bank in Hawaii opens   

1859  On this day in history circus acrobat Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.   

1859  On this day in history 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind   

1862  Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky on this day in history.   

1863  On August - 17 federal batteries &ships bombard Fort Sumter, Charleston   

1863  Federal batteries & ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC on August - 17.   

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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  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on August - 17.   

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  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on August - 17.   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on this day in history.   

1753  On August - 17 birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

0754  On August - 17 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  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 this day in history.   

1553  On August - 17 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

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