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 July - 17.   

1712  On this day in history england, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th]   

1727  On July - 17 simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor   

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  Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 on July - 17.   

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

1762  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1764  On July - 17 johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82   

1774  On this day in history 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  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  Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on July - 17.   

1794  African Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated on this day in history.   

1794  On July - 17 richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church   

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

1804  On July - 17 christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80   

1815  Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

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

1826  On July - 17 joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65   

1827  On July - 17 frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)   

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

1832  On this day in history johan August Soderman, composer   

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  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

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 July - 17.   

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