Historical Events In June - 17

1719  Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47 on June - 17.  

1725  On June - 17 joseph Anton Bauer, composer  

1734  On this day in history french troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine  

1734  On June - 17 duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle  

1742  On this day in history william Hooper, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence)  

1745  American colonials capture the French fort Louisburg on Cape Breton Island on this day in history.  

1745  American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French on June - 17.  

1750  On June - 17 michel Woldemar, composer  

1756  On this day in history pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public  

1773  On June - 17 cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar  

1775  On June - 17 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 June - 17.  

1810  F Freiligrath, writer on this day in history.  

1811  Jon Sigurdsson, Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends on this day in history.  

1815  Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda on this day in history.  

1815  On June - 17 hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle  

1817  Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 on June - 17.  

1818  On this day in history charles Francois Gounod, Paris France, opera composer (Faust)  

1823  On this day in history the waterproof material for raincoats patented by Charles Macintosh  

1823  John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 on June - 17.  

1824  Bureau of Indian Affairs established on this day in history.  

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  William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium) on this day in history.  

1833  On June - 17 uSS Delaware enters drydock at Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, VA, the first warship to enter a public drydock in the United States  

1837  Charles Goodyear obtains his first rubber patent on this day in history.  

1837  Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent on June - 17.  

1837  On June - 17 vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863  

1838  On this day in history bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Kapala-Kundala)  

1839  On this day in history 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.  

1845  Hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker on June - 17.  

1850  Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die) on this day in history.  

1855  On this day in history heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed  

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1239  On June - 17 birth of edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England  

1603  Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663) was born on June - 17.  

1604  On June - 17 birth of johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House)  

1682  Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718) was born on June - 17.  

1691  Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765) was born on June - 17.  

1693  Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.  

1703  John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists) was born on June - 17.  

1704  John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780) was born on June - 17.  

0656  On June - 17 death of osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered  

0676  On this day in history adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies  

0855  Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies on this day in history.  

1091  Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies on June - 17.  

1119  On June - 17 boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies  

1463  Death of Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436) on June - 17.  

1501  Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies on this day in history.  

1565  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)