Page 2: Historical Events In February - 17

1747  Narciso Casanovas, composer on this day in history.   

1752  Friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr) on this day in history.   

1754  Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer on this day in history.   

1758  On February - 17 john Pinkerton, Scottish historian   

1766  The birth of Thomas Malthus, English economist on this day in history.   

1772  1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria on February - 17.   

1774  Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) on February - 17.   

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

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

1791  On this day in history messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)   

1795  Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England on February - 17.   

1796  On February - 17 giovanni Pacini, composer   

1796  James Macpherson, poet, dies on this day in history.   

1801  On February - 17 house breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr   

1804  Samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 on February - 17.   

1814  Battle of Mormans on this day in history.   

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

1816  On February - 17 friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer   

1817  1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore) on February - 17.   

1818  Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle) on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)   

1824  William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903 on February - 17.   

1827  Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1841  Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70 on February - 17.   

1844  On this day in history a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)   

1847  William Collins, landscape painter, dies on February - 17.   

1848  On this day in history toscane gets liberal Constitution   

1849  Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter on February - 17.   

1850  On February - 17 anton Urspruch, composer   

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

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1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on February - 17.   

1490  On February - 17 birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

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

1581  Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on February - 17.   

1583  On February - 17 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  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  On February - 17 birth of georg Bronner, composer   

0364  On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on February - 17.   

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  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on this day in history.