Page 3: Historical Events In July - 17

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

1841  On July - 17 british humor magazine "Punch" 1st published   

1850  On July - 17 harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (Vega)   

1850  On this day in history harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega)   

1851  On this day in history beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37   

1853  On this day in history francesco Fanciulli, composer   

1856  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 congress authorizes paper money   

1862  US army authorized to accept blacks as laborers on July - 17.   

1862  On this day in history naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition   

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

1863  On July - 17 battle of Honey Springs   

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

1864  CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On July - 17 lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter   

1871  On July - 17 karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29   

1873  On this day in history antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)   

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

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

1876  Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat on July - 17.   

1878  Henri Zagwijn, composer on July - 17.   

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

1879  The first railroad opens in Hawaii on July - 17.   

1879  On July - 17 1st railroad opens in Hawaii   

1883  On July - 17 bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)   

1885  Benjamin James Dale, composer on this day in history.   

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

1889  On this day in history erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)   

1890  On July - 17 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 July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

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

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  On July - 17 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  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  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 this day in history.   

1345  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

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