Page 2: Historical Events In February - 17

1747  Narciso Casanovas, composer on February - 17.   

1752  On this day in history friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)   

1754  On this day in history jan Jachym Kopriva, composer   

1758  John Pinkerton, Scottish historian on February - 17.   

1766  On this day in history the birth of Thomas Malthus, English economist   

1772  1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria on this day in history.   

1774  Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) on this day in history.   

1776  1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of Roman Empire" published on this day in history.   

1781  René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) on this day in history.   

1791  On February - 17 messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)   

1795  On this day in history thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England   

1796  Giovanni Pacini, composer on this day in history.   

1796  James Macpherson, poet, dies on February - 17.   

1801  House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr on February - 17.   

1804  On February - 17 samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883   

1814  On February - 17 battle of Mormans.   

1815  Franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59 on February - 17.   

1816  Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer on this day in history.   

1817  1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore) on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)   

1820  Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons) on this day in history.   

1824  On February - 17 william Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903   

1827  On February - 17 johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81   

1831  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer on this day in history.   

1836  On February - 17 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania   

1837  Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 on this day in history.   

1841  Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont on February - 17.   

1841  Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1844  On February - 17 a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)   

1847  On this day in history william Collins, landscape painter, dies   

1848  On February - 17 toscane gets liberal Constitution   

1849  On this day in history selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter   

1850  On this day in history anton Urspruch, composer   

1852  Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies on this day in history.   

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

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On February - 17 birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  On this day in history birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 17.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

1609  On February - 17 death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)