Historical Events In February - 17

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

1490  On this day in history 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 February - 17 birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)  

1583  On February - 17 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  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on this day in history.  

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.  

0956  On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55  

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)  

1371  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria  

1596  On February - 17 death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)  

1600  On February - 17 death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake  

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