Historical Events In February - 17

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

0440  On this day in history mesrop Mashtots   

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

1370  Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania on this day in history.   

1371  Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

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

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

1500  Battle of Hemmingstedt on this day in history.   

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  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  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) on this day in history.   

1654  On this day in history 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 February - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1696  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer on February - 17.   

1697  Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer on February - 17.   

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

1714  On February - 17 parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree   

1715  Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination   

1732  Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1740  On February - 17 horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist   

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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  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  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on February - 17.   

1646  On this day in history birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on this day in history.   

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

0364  On February - 17 flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1371  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on February - 17.   

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

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