Page 3: Historical Events In May - 17

1804  On May - 17 lewis & Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase   

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

1804  On this day in history ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)   

1808  On May - 17 charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer   

1809  On May - 17 papal States annexed by France   

1809  Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies on May - 17.   

1812  Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 on this day in history.   

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

1814  On this day in history norwegian constitution passed by constituent assembly at Eidsvoll   

1814  Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day) on May - 17.   

1819  On May - 17 johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer   

1823  On this day in history 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  On this day in history niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57   

1845  Rubber band patents on May - 17.   

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

1846  On May - 17 edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle   

1848  On May - 17 premier Earl Schimmelpenninck resigns   

1849  On May - 17 fire destroy Centrum in St Louis MO   

1849  Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis Missouri on this day in history.   

1850  Antonio Scontrino, composer on May - 17.   

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  Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31 on May - 17.   

1853  On May - 17 thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election   

1859  Australian Rules Football first 'laws of the game' published on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history german football club TSV 1860 München is founded   

1862  Battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities on May - 17.   

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

1863  Battle of Big Black River Bridge, MS on this day in history.   

1864  On May - 17 battle of Adairsville GA, Union forces Confederates to retreat   

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

1864  On this day in history n Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59   

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

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1155  On this day in history 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  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on this day in history.   

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

1490  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

1050  On this day in history guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  On May - 17 death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

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

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 this day in history 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  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on this day in history.