Page 3: Historical Events In March - 17

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

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

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  On this day in history oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)   

1828  Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army) on March - 17.   

1829  Ottawa Ontario 200 Irish canal navvies riot on St. Patricks Day; one killed and many wounded on this day in history.   

1832  On March - 17 moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)   

1833  On March - 17 phoenix Society forms (New York)   

1833  Phoenix Society forms (NY) on March - 17.   

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

1836  Texas abolishes slavery on March - 17.   

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

1842  Indians land in Ohio, a 12²-mile area in Upper Sandusky on this day in history.   

1842  Indians land in Ohio, a 12 square mile area in Upper Sandusky on this day in history.   

1845  Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour on this day in history.   

1845  Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London on March - 17.   

1846  Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window) on March - 17.   

1846  On March - 17 f W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies   

1847  Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Macbeth" is produced (Florence) on March - 17.   

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

1848  On this day in history horace Wadham Nicholl, composer   

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

1853  Christian Doppler, physicist, dies on March - 17.   

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

1855  Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65 on March - 17.   

1857  On March - 17 adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42   

1858  On March - 17 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  On March - 17 italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed   

1861  Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56 on March - 17.   

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

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

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

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1231  On this day in history birth of emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242)   

1473  On March - 17 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  Georg Osterreich, composer was born on March - 17.   

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

1676  Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.   

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

0180  On this day in history antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58   

0461  On this day in history st Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)   

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

1040  On this day in history harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies   

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

1199  On this day in history death of jocelin, bishop of Glasgow   

1272  Death of Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220) on March - 17.   

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