Historical Events In February - 17

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   

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1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on February - 17.   

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

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on this day in history.   

1581  On February - 17 birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

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

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

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

1667  On this day in history birth of georg Bronner, composer   

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

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  On February - 17 death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  On February - 17 death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

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