Historical Events In February - 17

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   

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1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on this day in history.   

1490  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1653  On this day in history 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  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  On this day in history 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 February - 17.