Page 2: Historical Events In June - 29
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1790 Feike H Van de Crew, Fries writer (Mayke Jakkelis), dies 

1798 Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder], exerciser, dies 

1800 Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar. 

1805 Hiram Powers, US sculptor (Greek Slave) 

1818 Carl P Fohr, German painter/cartoonist, dies at 22. 

1822 Prince Charles Bonaparte marries niece Zenaide Bonaparte. 

1824 Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT Stempels) 

1831 William Thomas Clark, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 

1840 Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano, dies at 65 

1842 Josef Labor, composer 

1849 Sergei J Witte, Neth/Russ count/premier Russia. 

1850 Around Nanaimo BC, coal discovered on Vancouver Island; will prove valuable for refueling Royal navy ships and CPR trains 

1850 British ex-premier sir Robert Peel falls off his horse. 

1850 Joseph Paul Skelly, composer 

1852 Henry Clay, the great compromiser, dies at 75 

1854 Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million. 

1854 Netherlands allows corporal punishment. 

1857 Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British). 

1858 Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia. 

1858 Great fire in London harbor 

1858 George Washington Goethals, engineer (built Panama Canal) 

1860 Thomas Addison, English physician (A-Biermer Disease), dies at 67 

1861 William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota 

1861 Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, writer, dies at 55. 

1862 Day 5 of the 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station. 

1862 Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station Va 

1863 Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, PN. 

1863 Very inaugural inaugural National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa 

1863 Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault 

1863 James Harvey Robinson, Ill, historian (Ordeal of Civilization). 

1864 Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed 

1864 Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer 

1865 Shigechiyo Izumi, achieved oldest authenticated age (120 y 237 d). 

1867 Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs 

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