Page 2: Historical Events In July - 17

1704  Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on July - 17.   

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  Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV on July - 17.   

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

1746  Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 on July - 17.   

1753  Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies on this day in history.   

1762  Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education on July - 17.   

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

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

1774  Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata) on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history the first military hospital approved   

1775  1st military hospital approved on July - 17.   

1775  On July - 17 august Harder, composer   

1788  On this day in history russian fleet destroys Swedish   

1791  On July - 17 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  On this day in history 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 July - 17.   

1794  On this day in history 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 July - 17.   

1817  Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer on July - 17.   

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 this day in history eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)   

1832  Johan August Soderman, composer on July - 17.   

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  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

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

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 July - 17.   

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

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

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

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)