Historical Events In February - 17
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
0364 On February - 17 flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32
0440 Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.
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 On this day in history ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
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 Battle of Hemmingstedt on February - 17.
1568 Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace on this day in history.
1583 J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist on this day in history.
1598 Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia on this day in history.
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 February - 17 miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony
1634 On February - 17 william Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti
1652 Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 on February - 17.
1653 On this day in history 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 February - 17.
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 Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian on February - 17.
1691 Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service on this day in history.
1696 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer on February - 17.
1697 On this day in history louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer
1699 On this day in history hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)
1714 On this day in history parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree
1715 On February - 17 antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68
1723 Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination on February - 17.
1732 On February - 17 louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63
1740 On this day in history horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist