Page 2: Historical Events In July - 17

1704  Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history 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  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  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  On this day in history wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45   

1764  On July - 17 johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82   

1774  Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata) on July - 17.   

1775  On this day in history the first military hospital approved   

1775  1st military hospital approved on July - 17.   

1775  August Harder, composer on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On July - 17 richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church   

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

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 this day in history.   

1817  On July - 17 ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

1821  Spain cedes Florida to US on July - 17.   

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

1827  Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) on this day in history.   

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  Friedrich Gernsheim, composer on July - 17.   

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

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

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.   

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

1345  On July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

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