Page 4: Historical Events In February - 17

1885  Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa on February - 17.   

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer on this day in history.   

1888  On February - 17 henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

1889  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire on this day in history.   

1891  On February - 17 georg Britting, writer   

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

1895  Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1904  On February - 17 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 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 this day in history.   

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 February - 17.   

1908  Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 on February - 17.   

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

1910  On February - 17 ai Qing, poet   

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  Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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  1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon) on this day in history.   

1913  Josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director on February - 17.   

1914  On February - 17 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  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

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 February - 17 flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

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 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 this day in history.   

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