Page 3: Historical Events In March - 17

1820  Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on March - 17.   

1824  England and Netherlands sign a trade agreement on March - 17.   

1824  On this day in history england & Netherlands sign a trade agreement   

1825  On this day in history rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)   

1826  Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder) on March - 17.   

1828  On March - 17 patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1829  Ottawa Ontario 200 Irish canal navvies riot on St. Patricks Day; one killed and many wounded on March - 17.   

1832  Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) on March - 17.   

1833  On this day in history phoenix Society forms (New York)   

1833  On this day in history phoenix Society forms (NY)   

1834  On March - 17 gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle   

1836  On this day in history texas abolishes slavery   

1839  Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) on March - 17.   

1842  Indians land in Ohio, a 12²-mile area in Upper Sandusky on March - 17.   

1842  On March - 17 indians land in Ohio, a 12 square mile area in Upper Sandusky   

1845  On this day in history bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour   

1845  Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)   

1846  F W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies on March - 17.   

1847  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Macbeth" is produced (Florence)   

1847  "Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence on this day in history.   

1848  Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer on this day in history.   

1849  On March - 17 willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56   

1853  On this day in history christian Doppler, physicist, dies   

1854  1st park land purchased by a US city, Worcester, Mass on March - 17.   

1855  Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1857  Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1858  On March - 17 toronto Ontario St. Patricks Day riot breaks out during parade; one man fatally stabbed   

1860  On this day in history japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic]   

1861  On this day in history italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed   

1861  Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1862  Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1863  On March - 17 battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities)   

1863  Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities) on this day in history.   

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1231  On March - 17 birth of emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242)   

1473  On this day in history birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)   

1578  Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on March - 17.   

1628  Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on this day in history.   

1664  Georg Osterreich, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on March - 17.   

1676  On this day in history birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)   

1685  On this day in history birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter   

0180  Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58 on March - 17.   

0461  St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend) on March - 17.   

0659  On this day in history gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32   

1040  Harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies on March - 17.   

1058  Death of King Lulach I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1199  On March - 17 death of jocelin, bishop of Glasgow   

1272  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)   

1425  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407) on this day in history.