Page 3: Historical Events In July - 17

1841  British humor magazine "Punch" first published on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1851  On July - 17 beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37   

1853  On this day in history francesco Fanciulli, composer   

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

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

1861  On this day in history congress authorizes paper money   

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

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

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

1863  Battle of Honey Springs on this day in history.   

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 July - 17.   

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

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

1871  On this day in history lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter   

1871  Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1875  Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer on July - 17.   

1875  On this day in history gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77   

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

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 this day in history 1st railroad opens in Hawaii   

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

1885  On July - 17 benjamin James Dale, composer   

1888  On July - 17 shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)   

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  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

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

1744  On this day in history 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 July - 17.   

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

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

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

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

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.