Page 3: Historical Events In July - 17

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

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

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

1850  On July - 17 harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega)   

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on July - 17.   

1853  Francesco Fanciulli, composer on this day in history.   

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

1859  Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party) on July - 17.   

1861  Congress authorizes paper money on July - 17.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Honey Springs   

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

1864  On July - 17 cSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood   

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 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 this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer   

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

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

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 this day in history the first railroad opens in Hawaii   

1879  On July - 17 1st railroad opens in Hawaii   

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 July - 17.   

1889  Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason) on July - 17.   

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

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  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 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  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 July - 17.   

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

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 July - 17.   

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