Historical Events In February - 17

1885  Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa on this day in history.  

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer on February - 17.  

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) on February - 17.  

1889  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire on February - 17.  

1891  Georg Britting, writer on this day in history.  

1892  Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad) on February - 17.  

1895  Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) on February - 17.  

1896  London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective on February - 17.  

1897  On February - 17 national Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)  

1897  Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady) on this day in history.  

1898  On February - 17 tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt)  

1901  On this day in history ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38  

1902  On February - 17 marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)  

1903  On February - 17 johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen  

1903  Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61 on February - 17.  

1904  Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe)  

1905  On February - 17 frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall  

1905  On February - 17 serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered  

1906  Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House on this day in history.  

1906  Galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75) on February - 17.  

1907  Alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award) on February - 17.  

1907  On this day in history henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies  

1908  Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place) on this day in history.  

1908  On this day in history geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79  

1909  On this day in history joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS]  

1910  Ai Qing, poet on this day in history.  

1911  1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego) on this day in history.  

1911  Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising) on February - 17.  

1912  On this day in history aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57  

1913  On this day in history new York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to American public. The show is considered "shocking" and calls to close it are made  

1913  On February - 17 1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)  

1913  Josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director on this day in history.  

1914  Albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary 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  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on this day in history.  

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  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)  

1653  On February - 17 birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)  

1667  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots  

0956  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)