Historical Events In February - 17

0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.   

0440  Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

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

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

1371  On February - 17 ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

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

1490  On this day in history charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

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  On February - 17 j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1598  Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia on February - 17.   

1600  Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy on February - 17.   

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 February - 17.   

1621  Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony on February - 17.   

1634  William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti on this day in history.   

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 February - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service   

1696  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer on this day in history.   

1697  On this day in history louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer   

1699  On February - 17 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  Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on February - 17.   

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  Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist on this day in history.   

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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  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on February - 17.   

1581  Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

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

1646  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on February - 17.   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on February - 17.   

0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

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

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on February - 17.   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

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  On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)