Page 3: Historical Events In June - 17
Friday, 09 May 2025
1855 Fritz Steinbach, composer on this day in history.
1856 On this day in history republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia
1856 Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia on this day in history.
1858 Eben Sumner Draper, (Gov-MA) on June - 17.
1861 Battle of Boonville, MI-Brig General Lyon defeats Confederate forces on June - 17.
1861 On June - 17 sidney James Jones, composer
1862 Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49 on June - 17.
1863 On June - 17 battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back the Union in Virginia
1863 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer) on this day in history.
1863 On June - 17 battle at Middleburg Virginia
1863 On June - 17 isham W Garrott, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1864 On this day in history -18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia
1867 John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor (shorthand) on June - 17.
1870 On this day in history uSS Mohican burns Mexican pirate ship Forward
1870 On June - 17 george Cormack, cereal inventor (Wheaties)
1871 James Weldon Johnson, lawyer (1st black admitted to Florida Bar) on this day in history.
1874 Grant Mitchell, Columbus OH, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner) on June - 17.
1875 Philipp A Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist (Mensch & World) on this day in history.
1876 1st to hit 2 HRs; & score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's) on June - 17.
1877 Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon on this day in history.
1878 On this day in history albert Thomas, French socialist politician
1880 On June - 17 john Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
1880 On June - 17 carl Van Fight, US author/critic (Red, Nigger Heaven)
1882 On this day in history the birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor
1882 Tornado kills 130 in Iowa on June - 17.
1882 Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS] on this day in history.
1883 On June - 17 alexandre Cellier, composer
1884 Christina C Bakker-van Bosse, feminist/pacifist on this day in history.
1885 On this day in history statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere'
1885 On June - 17 gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies
1888 On this day in history bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer
1894 On June - 17 1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont
1895 On this day in history uS Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan
1895 Slavko Osterc, composer on June - 17.
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