Page 3: Historical Events In July - 17

1841  British humor magazine "Punch" first published on July - 17.   

1841  British humor magazine "Punch" 1st published on July - 17.   

1850  Harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (Vega) on this day in history.   

1850  Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega) on this day in history.   

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on July - 17.   

1853  On July - 17 francesco Fanciulli, composer   

1856  Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila) on this day in history.   

1859  On July - 17 luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)   

1861  On this day in history congress authorizes paper money   

1862  On this day in history uS army authorized to accept blacks as laborers   

1862  Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition on July - 17.   

1863  On July - 17 battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory   

1863  Battle of Honey Springs on July - 17.   

1863  James Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1864  On July - 17 cSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood   

1864  Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 on July - 17.   

1866  On July - 17 italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa   

1867  On July - 17 the first permanent university dental school in US, Harvard   

1867  On this day in history 1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established   

1871  Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29   

1873  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) on this day in history.   

1875  Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer on this day in history.   

1875  On July - 17 gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77   

1876  On July - 17 maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat   

1878  Henri Zagwijn, composer on this day in history.   

1878  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 on July - 17.   

1879  On this day in history the first railroad opens in Hawaii   

1879  On July - 17 1st railroad opens in Hawaii   

1883  On this day in history bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)   

1885  On this day in history benjamin James Dale, composer   

1888  Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) on July - 17.   

1889  Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason) on July - 17.   

1890  Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony 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 this day in history.   

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

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

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

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.   

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

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.   

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.   

1025  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1453  On this day in history death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

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)