Historical Events In July - 17

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

1709  On July - 17 pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60  

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

1727  On this day in history simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor  

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

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering on July - 17.  

1746  On July - 17 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 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 July - 17.  

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

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 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  The first military hospital approved on July - 17.  

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

1775  On this day in history august Harder, composer  

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  On July - 17 charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined  

1794  On this day in history african Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated  

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

1794  On this day in history jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45  

1804  On this day in history christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80  

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

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

1821  On this day in history spain cedes Florida to US  

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

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

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

1832  On July - 17 johan August Soderman, composer  

1838  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 July - 17.  

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 July - 17 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 July - 17.  

0656  On July - 17 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 this day in history.  

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

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.  

1453  On this day in history death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader  

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

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