Page 2: Historical Events In July - 17

1704  Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on this day in history.   

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

1712  England, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th] on this day in history.   

1727  Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor on this day in history.   

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

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

1746  On this day in history anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53   

1753  On this day in history andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies   

1762  On July - 17 catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.   

1762  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on July - 17.   

1763  The birth of John Jacob Astor, US millionaire on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on July - 17.   

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

1774  On July - 17 capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)   

1775  On this day in history 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 July - 17 russian fleet destroys Swedish   

1791  On this day in history 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.   

1793  Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on July - 17.   

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

1794  Richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church on this day in history.   

1794  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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  On July - 17 ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

1821  Spain cedes Florida to US on this day in history.   

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

1827  Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) on this day in history.   

1830  Eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator) on this day in history.   

1832  Johan August Soderman, composer on July - 17.   

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on July - 17.   

1839  Friedrich Gernsheim, composer on this day in history.   

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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  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.   

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 July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

1531  On this day in history death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)