Historical Events In March - 17

1820  On March - 17 patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

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

1824  On March - 17 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 this day in history.  

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 March - 17 texas abolishes slavery  

1839  Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) on this day in history.  

1842  Indians land in Ohio, a 12�-mile area in Upper Sandusky on March - 17.  

1842  On this day in history indians land in Ohio, a 12 square mile area in Upper Sandusky  

1845  Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour on March - 17.  

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

1846  On March - 17 kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)  

1846  On this day in history f W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies  

1847  On March - 17 dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Macbeth" is produced (Florence)  

1847  "Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence on March - 17.  

1848  On March - 17 horace Wadham Nicholl, composer  

1849  On this day in history willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56  

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

1854  On this day in history 1st park land purchased by a US city, Worcester, Mass  

1855  On this day in history ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65  

1857  On this day in history adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42  

1858  On this day in history toronto Ontario St. Patricks Day riot breaks out during parade; one man fatally stabbed  

1860  On March - 17 japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic]  

1861  Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56  

1862  On March - 17 fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62  

1863  On this day in history battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities)  

1863  Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities) on March - 17.  

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1231  Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on March - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

1628  Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on March - 17.  

1664  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer  

1675  On this day in history birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer  

1676  On March - 17 birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)  

1685  On March - 17 birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter  

0180  Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

0659  Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 on this day in history.  

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

1058  Death of King Lulach I of Scotland on March - 17.  

1199  Death of Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow on this day in history.  

1272  On March - 17 death of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)  

1425  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407) on March - 17.