Historical Events In February - 17
Thursday, 08 June 2023
0364 On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32
0440 On February - 17 mesrop Mashtots
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 Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.
1444 On this day in history rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1490 Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) on February - 17.
1500 On February - 17 battle of Hemmingstedt.
1568 Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace on February - 17.
1583 On this day in history j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
1598 Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia on this day in history.
1600 Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy on this day in history.
1600 Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.
1612 On this day in history ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57
1621 On this day in history miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony
1634 On February - 17 william Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti
1652 On February - 17 gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67
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 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 On this day in history johann Melchior Conradi, composer
1676 Kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty on February - 17.
1688 On this day in history rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian
1691 On February - 17 thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service
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 Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree on February - 17.
1715 Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1723 On February - 17 tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination
1732 Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1740 On February - 17 horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist