Historical Events In February - 17

1885  On this day in history bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa   

1887  On February - 17 leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

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  On this day in history theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)   

1895  On this day in history anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)   

1896  On February - 17 london Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective   

1897  National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) on this day in history.   

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

1898  On this day in history 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  Marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.) on this day in history.   

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

1903  On February - 17 joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61   

1904  On this day in history giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan   

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

1905  Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall on February - 17.   

1905  Serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House   

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

1907  On this day in history alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)   

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 February - 17 geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79   

1909  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS] on February - 17.   

1910  Ai Qing, poet on February - 17.   

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

1911  Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising) on this day in history.   

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

1913  On February - 17 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 February - 17.   

1914  Albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary on February - 17.   

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

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on February - 17.   

1519  On this day in history birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 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 this day in history.   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

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)