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  On August - 17 slave revolt at Knip plantation, Curacao   

1796  English beat Bataafs navy in Saldanha Bay on this day in history.   

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  Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain on this day in history.   

1811  Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will) on August - 17.   

1812  Frigate President captures British schooner L'Adeline in North Atlantic on this day in history.   

1817  Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71) on this day in history.   

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

1827  On this day in history dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord   

1828  On August - 17 george William Warren, composer   

1834  Charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile on August - 17.   

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

1835  Solymon Merrick patents wrench on this day in history.   

1836  British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death on August - 17.   

1839  Hubert Platt Main, composer on August - 17.   

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

1841  On August - 17 luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet   

1844  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913) on this day in history.   

1846  On August - 17 uS takes Los Angeles   

1846  US fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California on August - 17.   

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

1850  On August - 17 jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies   

1851  Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist on this day in history.   

1856  On August - 17 violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master)   

1858  1st bank in Hawaii opens on this day in history.   

1859  On August - 17 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 August - 17.   

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

1863  On August - 17 federal batteries & ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC   

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1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on August - 17.   

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on August - 17.   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on August - 17.   

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 August - 17.   

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  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  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on this day in history.   

1464  On this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.   

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

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

1635  On August - 17 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48