Page 3: Historical Events In May - 17

1804  On this day in history lewis & Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase   

1804  Lewis & Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase on May - 17.   

1804  On May - 17 ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)   

1808  On this day in history charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer   

1809  On this day in history papal States annexed by France   

1809  On May - 17 leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies   

1812  On this day in history joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880   

1814  On May - 17 denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day)   

1814  On May - 17 norwegian constitution passed by constituent assembly at Eidsvoll   

1814  On May - 17 denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day)   

1819  Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer on this day in history.   

1823  On May - 17 charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer   

1836  On this day in history joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)   

1837  Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly) on this day in history.   

1840  Niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57 on May - 17.   

1845  On May - 17 rubber band patents   

1846  On May - 17 saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax   

1846  Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle on this day in history.   

1848  Premier Earl Schimmelpenninck resigns on May - 17.   

1849  On this day in history fire destroy Centrum in St Louis MO   

1849  Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis Missouri on May - 17.   

1850  On May - 17 antonio Scontrino, composer   

1851  Saint John New Brunswick, the launch of the sailing ship Marco Polo; reputed to be the fastest ship in the world on May - 17.   

1851  On this day in history jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31   

1853  Thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election on May - 17.   

1859  On May - 17 australian Rules Football first 'laws of the game' published   

1860  On May - 17 german football club TSV 1860 München is founded   

1862  On this day in history battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities   

1863  On this day in history battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi   

1863  Battle of Big Black River Bridge, MS on May - 17.   

1864  Battle of Adairsville GA, Union forces Confederates to retreat on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat on May - 17.   

1864  N Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1865  The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established on this day in history.   

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1155  On May - 17 birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  On this day in history birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  On this day in history birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.   

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

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

1551  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  On May - 17 death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on this day in history.   

1464  On May - 17 death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  On this day in history alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

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