Page 2: Historical Events In June - 17
Friday, 09 May 2025
1719 Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1725 On this day in history joseph Anton Bauer, composer
1734 French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine on June - 17.
1734 Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle on this day in history.
1742 On June - 17 william Hooper, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence)
1745 American colonials capture the French fort Louisburg on Cape Breton Island on June - 17.
1745 American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French on this day in history.
1750 On June - 17 michel Woldemar, composer
1756 On this day in history pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public
1773 Cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar on June - 17.
1775 On this day in history battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill)
1789 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly on June - 17.
1797 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed on this day in history.
1810 F Freiligrath, writer on June - 17.
1811 On this day in history jon Sigurdsson, Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends
1815 Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda on this day in history.
1815 Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle on this day in history.
1817 Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 on June - 17.
1818 Charles Francois Gounod, Paris France, opera composer (Faust) on this day in history.
1823 The waterproof material for raincoats patented by Charles Macintosh on this day in history.
1823 John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 on this day in history.
1824 On June - 17 bureau of Indian Affairs established
1828 On June - 17 jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian
1830 Rochard Montgomery Gano, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1913 on June - 17.
1832 On this day in history william Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium)
1833 On this day in history uSS Delaware enters drydock at Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, VA, the first warship to enter a public drydock in the United States
1837 On this day in history charles Goodyear obtains his first rubber patent
1837 On this day in history charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent
1837 Vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863 on this day in history.
1838 On this day in history bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Kapala-Kundala)
1839 In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is later established as a result on June - 17.
1845 On June - 17 hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker
1850 On this day in history paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die)
1855 On June - 17 heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed
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