Historical Events In February - 17

1747  Narciso Casanovas, composer on February - 17.   

1752  On February - 17 friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)   

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

1758  On this day in history john Pinkerton, Scottish historian   

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

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

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 February - 17.   

1781  On this day in history rené-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)   

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

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

1796  Giovanni Pacini, composer on February - 17.   

1796  On February - 17 james Macpherson, poet, dies   

1801  House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr on this day in history.   

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

1814  On February - 17 battle of Mormans.   

1815  On this day in history franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59   

1816  On February - 17 friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer   

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

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

1827  Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81 on February - 17.   

1831  On February - 17 francisco Salvador Daniel, composer   

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

1837  On February - 17 francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902   

1841  On this day in history dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont   

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

1844  A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) on February - 17.   

1847  William Collins, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history toscane gets liberal Constitution   

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

1850  Anton Urspruch, composer on February - 17.   

1852  Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies on February - 17.   

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1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on this day in history.   

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

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

1653  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  On this day in history birth of georg Bronner, composer   

0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on February - 17.   

0440  On this day in history 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  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

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 February - 17.   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on February - 17.