Historical Events In February - 17
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
0364 On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32
0440 On this day in history mesrop Mashtots
0956 Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.
1370 On February - 17 battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania
1371 Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.
1444 On this day in history rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1490 Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) on this day in history.
1500 On February - 17 battle of Hemmingstedt.
1568 On this day in history holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace
1583 On February - 17 j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
1598 On February - 17 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 this day in history giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake
1612 On February - 17 ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57
1621 On February - 17 miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony
1634 William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti on February - 17.
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 On February - 17 michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62
1667 On this day in history georg Bronner, composer
1670 France & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty on this day in history.
1673 Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies on this day in history.
1675 Johann Melchior Conradi, composer on this day in history.
1676 On this day in history 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 Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service on this day in history.
1696 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer on this day in history.
1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer on February - 17.
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 Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1723 Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination on February - 17.
1732 On February - 17 louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63
1740 On February - 17 horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist