Historical Events In May - 17

1673  Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi on May - 17.   

1678  On this day in history king Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty   

1691  Antoine Court, French reformed theologist on this day in history.   

1695  On this day in history cornelis de Heem, painter, dies   

1712  On this day in history maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands"   

1727  Catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies on May - 17.   

1729  Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer   

1733  On May - 17 england passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions   

1733  England passes the Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported by the colonies from countries that were not British possessions on May - 17.   

1741  On May - 17 john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]   

1742  On this day in history frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians   

1744  French army takes Austrian Netherlands on May - 17.   

1749  Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination on this day in history.   

1750  Tax revolt in Gorinchem on this day in history.   

1750  On May - 17 -18] Tax revolt in Gorinchem   

1756  Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War) on this day in history.   

1756  On this day in history the French and Indian War starts today when England declares war on France   

1757  On this day in history war speculators raise the prices of bread and meat by 1000%; 4 oz. of bread the daily ration in Quebec.   

1768  On May - 17 caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV   

1775  On this day in history in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, US Continental Congress bans trade with Canada. (I wonder what we did?)   

1775  American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada on May - 17.   

1787  On May - 17 english slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes   

1792  On May - 17 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street   

1792  The New York Stock Exchange formed today by 24 merchants at 70 Wall Street on this day in history.   

1792  24 merchants form NY Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street on this day in history.   

1793  In Alberta, Alexander Mackenzie 1764-1820 sights the Rockies on this day in history.   

1794  Hard frost in southern New England on May - 17.   

1794  Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer on May - 17.   

1796  On this day in history martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)   

1796  On May - 17 jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89   

1800  On this day in history carl Friedrich Zollner, composer   

1803  On this day in history john Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine   

1803  On May - 17 robert Smith Surtees, novelist   

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1155  On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on this day in history.   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.   

1451  On May - 17 birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on this day in history.   

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on May - 17.   

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on May - 17.   

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on May - 17.   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.   

1395  On this day in history death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on May - 17.   

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1521  On May - 17 death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)