Historical Events In February - 17
Monday, 18 March 2024
0364 Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.
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 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 On February - 17 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 J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist on this day in history.
1598 Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia on this day in history.
1600 On this day in history 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 February - 17 ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57
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 this day in history.
1652 On this day in history gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67
1653 On February - 17 arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)
1654 On February - 17 michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62
1667 Georg Bronner, composer on this day in history.
1670 On this day in history france & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty
1673 On this day in history moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies
1675 On this day in history johann Melchior Conradi, composer
1676 Kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty on February - 17.
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 February - 17.
1696 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer on this day in history.
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 February - 17.
1715 On February - 17 antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68
1723 On this day in history tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination
1732 On this day in history louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63
1740 On February - 17 horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist