Page 2: Historical Events In July - 17

1704  On this day in history pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer   

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

1712  England, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th] on July - 17.   

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

1740  On July - 17 prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV   

1744  On July - 17 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 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  On July - 17 peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34   

1763  On this day in history the birth of John Jacob Astor, US millionaire   

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

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

1764  Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

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  Russian fleet destroys Swedish on this day in history.   

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 July - 17.   

1793  On July - 17 charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined   

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

1794  On this day in history richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church   

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

1804  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on July - 17.   

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

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

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  Eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator) on July - 17.   

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 July - 17.   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

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

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

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

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

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

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.   

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  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

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

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  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

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