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

1891  Georg Britting, writer on February - 17.   

1892  On February - 17 theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)   

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

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

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

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 February - 17.   

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  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 February - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered   

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  Alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award) on this day in history.   

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

1908  Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place) on February - 17.   

1908  On February - 17 geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79   

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

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  On this day in history arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising)   

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  On this day in history josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director   

1914  On February - 17 albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary   

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1444  On February - 17 birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

1490  On this day in history birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1519  On February - 17 birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on February - 17.   

1646  On this day in history 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  Georg Bronner, composer was born on February - 17.   

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

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 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  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  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on February - 17.