Historical Events In July - 17

1841  On this day in history british humor magazine "Punch" first published  

1841  On this day in history british humor magazine "Punch" 1st published  

1850  On this day in history harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (Vega)  

1850  Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega) on July - 17.  

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1853  On July - 17 francesco Fanciulli, composer  

1856  On July - 17 sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila)  

1859  On this day in history luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)  

1861  Congress authorizes paper money on this day in history.  

1862  On July - 17 uS army authorized to accept blacks as laborers  

1862  On July - 17 naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition  

1863  Battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory on July - 17.  

1863  Battle of Honey Springs on July - 17.  

1863  On this day in history james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35  

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

1864  On July - 17 daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29  

1866  On this day in history italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa  

1867  The first permanent university dental school in US, Harvard on July - 17.  

1867  1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established on July - 17.  

1871  Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter on July - 17.  

1871  Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 on July - 17.  

1873  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) on July - 17.  

1875  On this day in history donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer  

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

1876  On this day in history maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat  

1878  On July - 17 henri Zagwijn, composer  

1878  On this day in history aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65  

1879  The first railroad opens in Hawaii on this day in history.  

1879  1st railroad opens in Hawaii on July - 17.  

1883  Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace) on July - 17.  

1885  On this day in history benjamin James Dale, composer  

1888  Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) on this day in history.  

1889  Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason) on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony  

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah  

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 July - 17.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader  

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

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies  

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

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.  

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched  

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader  

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies  

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.