Page 3: Historical Events In July - 17

1841  On July - 17 british humor magazine "Punch" first published   

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

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  Francesco Fanciulli, composer on July - 17.   

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  Congress authorizes paper money on this day in history.   

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

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

1863  On this day in history battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory   

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 this day in history daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29   

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 July - 17 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  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) on this day in history.   

1875  On July - 17 donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer   

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

1876  Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history henri Zagwijn, composer   

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

1879  On July - 17 the first railroad opens in Hawaii   

1879  1st railroad opens in Hawaii on this day in history.   

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

1885  On July - 17 benjamin James Dale, composer   

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  Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony on July - 17.   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

1487  On July - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

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

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

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.   

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  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

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