Page 2: Historical Events In February - 09
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1740 Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85. 

1741 Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer 

1742 British ex-premier Walpole is recorded as becoming earl of Orford 

1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews) 

1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews). 

1744 Amos Bull, composer. 

1751 Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82 

1756 Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer. 

1760 In this year, In Louisbourg Nova Scotia, Captain John Byron 1723-1786 starts tearing down the fortifications of Louisbourg on orders from British PM William Pitt 

1765 Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33 

1771 Daniel Belknap, composer 

1773 William Henry Harrison, Va, (Whigs) 9th Pres (March 4-April 4, 1841). 

1775 English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion. 

1775 English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion. 

1775 Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom) 

1780 Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer. 

1783 Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) [OS=Jan 29] 

1788 Austria declares war on Russia. 

1799 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgente off Nevis, West Indies 

1799 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I 

1801 France and Austrian sign Peace of Luneville. 

1807 French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon. 

1808 Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer. 

1811 Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies. 

1812 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57. 

1814 Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library. 

1817 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54. 

1822 American Indian Society organizes. 

1822 Charles T Stork, Dutch industrialist. 

1824 Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49. 

1825 John Quincy Adams is elected U.S. president by the House of Representatives when no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes. 

1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president 

1826 John Alexander Logan, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886. 

1834 Felix Dahn, writer. 

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