Historical Events In July - 17

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

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

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

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

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

1853  On July - 17 francesco Fanciulli, composer  

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

1859  Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party) on this day in history.  

1861  On July - 17 congress authorizes paper money  

1862  US army authorized to accept blacks as laborers on this day in history.  

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

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

1863  Battle of Honey Springs on July - 17.  

1863  James Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

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

1864  Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 on July - 17.  

1866  Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa on July - 17.  

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  Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1878  On July - 17 henri Zagwijn, composer  

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

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

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

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 July - 17.  

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

1890  Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony on this day in history.  

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

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

1744  On this day in history 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  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.  

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies  

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

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

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

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)