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Historical Events In February - 17

Tuesday, 26 September 2023

1747  On this day in history narciso Casanovas, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1752  On this day in history friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1754  Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer on February - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1758  On this day in history john Pinkerton, Scottish historian  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1766  The birth of Thomas Malthus, English economist on February - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1772  1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1774  On February - 17 raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1776  On this day in history 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of Roman Empire" published  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1781  René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1791  Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra) on February - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1795  On this day in history thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1796  Giovanni Pacini, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1796  On this day in history james Macpherson, poet, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1801  On February - 17 house breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1804  On February - 17 samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1814  On February - 17 battle of Mormans.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1815  Franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59 on February - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1816  Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1817  1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore) on February - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1818  On this day in history baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1820  Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1824  On February - 17 william Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1827  On February - 17 johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1831  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania on February - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1837  On this day in history francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1841  Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont on February - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1841  On February - 17 ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1844  A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1847  William Collins, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1848  Toscane gets liberal Constitution on February - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1849  On this day in history selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1850  On February - 17 anton Urspruch, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1852  On February - 17 micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In February - 17

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1444  On this day in history birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1490  On this day in history birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1581  On February - 17 birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1583  On February - 17 birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1646  On this day in history birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In February - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0364  On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0956  On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1371  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1596  On February - 17 death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1600  On February - 17 death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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