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 July - 17.   

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  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 July - 17 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  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 this day in history.   

1763  On July - 17 johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on July - 17.   

1764  Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 on July - 17.   

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

1775  On this day in history the first military hospital approved   

1775  On July - 17 1st military hospital approved   

1775  August Harder, composer on July - 17.   

1788  Russian fleet destroys Swedish on July - 17.   

1791  On this day in history 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  Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on July - 17.   

1794  On July - 17 african Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated   

1794  Richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church on this day in history.   

1794  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45 on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1821  Spain cedes Florida to US on July - 17.   

1826  On July - 17 joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65   

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

1830  On July - 17 eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)   

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 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

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 this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

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

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

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 July - 17.   

1531  On this day in history death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)