Page 2: Historical Events In July - 17

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

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

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

1727  Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor on July - 17.   

1740  On July - 17 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  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 July - 17.   

1762  On this day in history peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34   

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 July - 17 capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)   

1775  On July - 17 the first military hospital approved   

1775  On this day in history 1st military hospital approved   

1775  On July - 17 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 July - 17.   

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

1794  African Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated on July - 17.   

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 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  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  On this day in history johan August Soderman, composer   

1838  On July - 17 john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82   

1839  Friedrich Gernsheim, composer on this day in history.   

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1487  On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

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

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 July - 17.   

0656  On July - 17 death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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