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

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

1740  Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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.   

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 July - 17.   

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 this day in history capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)   

1775  The first military hospital approved on July - 17.   

1775  On this day in history 1st military hospital approved   

1775  On this day in history august Harder, composer   

1788  Russian fleet destroys Swedish on July - 17.   

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  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 July - 17.   

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

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

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

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

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

1826  Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1827  Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1745  On July - 17 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 July - 17.   

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 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  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

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

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)