Page 4: Historical Events In August - 17

1896  George Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon on August - 17.   

1896  On August - 17 henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas)   

1896  Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on August - 17.   

1897  W B Purvis patents electric railway switch on this day in history.   

1898  Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian on August - 17.   

1898  On this day in history carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56   

1900  On August - 17 quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)   

1901  Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.   

1903  On this day in history joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U & begins Pulitzer Prizes   

1903  Abram Chasins, composer on this day in history.   

1904  On August - 17 boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chic White Sox, 6-0   

1905  Dutch govt of De Master begins on this day in history.   

1905  John Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67) on August - 17.   

1906  Hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer on August - 17.   

1907  On August - 17 bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union   

1907  Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer on August - 17.   

1908  Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery on August - 17.   

1908  On August - 17 b Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC   

1908  Kurt Hessenberg, composer on August - 17.   

1909  Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1910  On August - 17 eric Aaltonen, composer   

1911  On this day in history frederik de Merode, Belgian prince   

1912  On this day in history edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop   

1913  On this day in history w. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant   

1914  On August - 17 the Belgian government moves its offices from Brussels to Antwerp.   

1914  French troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins on August - 17.   

1914  Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55) on this day in history.   

1914  James Grierson, British general on August - 17.   

1915  On August - 17 mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life   

1915  SS Glenby, this Ropner ship was sunk by gunfire from a U boat St. George's Channel. The Germans then machine gunned the survivors in the life boats, killing two and seriously wounding two others on August - 17.   

1915  On this day in history german troops over run Kovno Lithuiana   

1915  On August - 17 leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia   

1916  On August - 17 bulgarian offensive in Macedonia   

1916  Eleanor Steber, opera singer on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1586  On August - 17 birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on August - 17.   

1686  On August - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1464  On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1510  On this day in history death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  On August - 17 death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48