Historical Events In February - 17

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

0440  On February - 17 mesrop Mashtots   

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

1370  On February - 17 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  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) on this day in history.   

1500  On February - 17 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 this day in history.   

1598  On February - 17 boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia   

1600  Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy on this day in history.   

1600  Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

1612  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57 on February - 17.   

1621  Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony on this day in history.   

1634  On February - 17 william Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti   

1652  On this day in history gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67   

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

1654  Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on February - 17.   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer on this day in history.   

1670  France & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty on February - 17.   

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 this day in history rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian   

1691  On February - 17 thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service   

1696  On February - 17 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer   

1697  On February - 17 louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer   

1699  On this day in history hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)   

1714  Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree on February - 17.   

1715  Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on February - 17.   

1723  On February - 17 tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination   

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

1740  On this day in history horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist   

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1444  On this day in history birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

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

1519  On this day in history birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

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

1646  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

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

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

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  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)