Historical Events In February - 17
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
1747 On this day in history narciso Casanovas, composer
1752 On this day in history friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)
1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer on February - 17.
1758 On this day in history john Pinkerton, Scottish historian
1766 The birth of Thomas Malthus, English economist on February - 17.
1772 1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria on this day in history.
1774 On February - 17 raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)
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 Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra) on February - 17.
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 On this day in history james Macpherson, poet, dies
1801 On February - 17 house breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr
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 February - 17.
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 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania on February - 17.
1837 On this day in history francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
1841 Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont on February - 17.
1841 On February - 17 ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70
1844 A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) on this day in history.
1847 William Collins, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.
1848 Toscane gets liberal Constitution on February - 17.
1849 On this day in history selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter
1850 On February - 17 anton Urspruch, composer
1852 On February - 17 micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies
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