Historical Events In February - 17
Saturday, 27 April 2024
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 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 On this day in history ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
1444 On February - 17 rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1490 On February - 17 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 this day in history.
1583 On this day in history j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
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 On this day in history giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake
1612 Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1621 Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony on February - 17.
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 Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1667 Georg Bronner, composer on this day in history.
1670 On this day in history france & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty
1673 On February - 17 moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies
1675 On February - 17 johann Melchior Conradi, composer
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 On this day in history thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service
1696 On February - 17 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
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 Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree on this day in history.
1715 Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on February - 17.
1723 Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination on February - 17.
1732 Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1740 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist on this day in history.