Page 4: 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  On this day in history h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire   

1891  On this day in history georg Britting, writer   

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

1895  On February - 17 anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)   

1896  London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective on this day in history.   

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

1897  On February - 17 johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)   

1898  Tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt) on this day in history.   

1901  Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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

1903  Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61   

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

1904  On February - 17 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 February - 17.   

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

1906  On this day in history galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)   

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

1907  On February - 17 henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies   

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

1908  Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 on this day in history.   

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

1910  On February - 17 ai Qing, poet   

1911  1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego) on February - 17.   

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

1912  Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57 on February - 17.   

1913  New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to American public. The show is considered "shocking" and calls to close it are made on February - 17.   

1913  On this day in history 1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)   

1913  On February - 17 josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director   

1914  On this day in history albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary   

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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 this day in history.   

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  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on February - 17.   

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on February - 17.   

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  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1371  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

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

1600  On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  On February - 17 death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)