Page 3: Historical Events In July - 17

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

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

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

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

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

1853  On July - 17 francesco Fanciulli, composer   

1856  On this day in history sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila)   

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

1861  On July - 17 congress authorizes paper money   

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

1862  Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Honey Springs   

1863  On July - 17 james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35   

1864  CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood on July - 17.   

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

1866  Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa on this day in history.   

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

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

1871  On July - 17 lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter   

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  Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1878  Henri Zagwijn, composer on July - 17.   

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

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

1879  On this day in history 1st railroad opens in Hawaii   

1883  On this day in history 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 July - 17.   

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

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On July - 17 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 this day in history 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 July - 17 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 July - 17.   

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)