Historical Events In February - 17

0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.   

0440  Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1370  On this day in history battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania   

1371  Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist on February - 17.   

1490  On this day in history charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1500  On this day in history battle of Hemmingstedt.   

1568  Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace on February - 17.   

1583  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist on February - 17.   

1598  On this day in history boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia   

1600  On February - 17 philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy.   

1600  On February - 17 giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1612  On this day in history ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57   

1621  On this day in history miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony   

1634  William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti on this day in history.   

1652  Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1653  On February - 17 arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1654  Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1667  On February - 17 georg Bronner, composer   

1670  On this day in history france & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty   

1673  Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies on this day in history.   

1675  Johann Melchior Conradi, composer on February - 17.   

1676  On February - 17 kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty   

1688  On February - 17 rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian   

1691  Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service on February - 17.   

1696  On February - 17 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer   

1697  On this day in history louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer   

1699  Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci) on February - 17.   

1714  Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree on this day in history.   

1715  On this day in history antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68   

1723  Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination on February - 17.   

1732  Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on February - 17.   

1740  Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist on this day in history.   

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1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on this day in history.   

1490  On February - 17 birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on February - 17.   

1581  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  On February - 17 birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on February - 17.   

1653  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  On this day in history birth of georg Bronner, composer   

0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on February - 17.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

0956  On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  On this day in history death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on this day in history.