Page 4: Historical Events In February - 17

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

1887  On this day in history leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

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

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

1891  On this day in history georg Britting, writer   

1892  Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad) on this day in history.   

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

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

1897  National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) on February - 17.   

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 February - 17.   

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

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

1904  On February - 17 giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan   

1904  Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe) on this day in history.   

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

1905  Serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered on February - 17.   

1906  Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House on February - 17.   

1906  On February - 17 galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)   

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 February - 17.   

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

1909  On February - 17 joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS]   

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 February - 17.   

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

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

1581  On February - 17 birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  On February - 17 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 February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1339  On this day in history death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

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

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

1600  On February - 17 death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

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