Historical Events In July - 17

1704  On July - 17 pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer  

1709  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1712  On July - 17 england, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th]  

1727  Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor on July - 17.  

1740  On this day in history prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV  

1744  On this day in history elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering  

1746  On July - 17 anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53  

1753  On July - 17 andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies  

1762  Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia on July - 17.  

1762  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on this day in history.  

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1763  The birth of John Jacob Astor, US millionaire on July - 17.  

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45  

1764  On this day in history johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82  

1774  Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata) on July - 17.  

1775  On July - 17 the first military hospital approved  

1775  1st military hospital approved on this day in history.  

1775  August Harder, composer on this day in history.  

1788  On this day in history russian fleet destroys Swedish  

1791  Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing as many as 50 people on this day in history.  

1793  On this day in history charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined  

1794  African Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated on July - 17.  

1794  Richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church on July - 17.  

1794  On July - 17 jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45  

1804  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1815  On July - 17 napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.  

1817  Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer on this day in history.  

1821  On July - 17 spain cedes Florida to US  

1826  Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65 on July - 17.  

1827  On this day in history frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)  

1830  On July - 17 eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)  

1832  Johan August Soderman, composer on July - 17.  

1838  On July - 17 john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82  

1839  On July - 17 friedrich Gernsheim, composer  

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.  

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)  

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)  

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.  

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.  

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.  

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.  

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.  

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.  

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies  

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.  

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.  

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched  

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader  

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies  

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.