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 this day in history henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

1889  On February - 17 h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire   

1891  Georg Britting, writer on this day in history.   

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 February - 17.   

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

1901  On this day in history ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38   

1902  On this day in history marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)   

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

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

1904  On February - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

1906  On February - 17 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  Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies on this day in history.   

1908  On February - 17 staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place)   

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

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

1910  Ai Qing, poet on February - 17.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on February - 17.   

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  On February - 17 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  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  On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

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.