Page 3: Historical Events In May - 17

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

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

1804  Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) on this day in history.   

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

1809  Papal States annexed by France on this day in history.   

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

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

1814  On this day in history denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day)   

1814  Norwegian constitution passed by constituent assembly at Eidsvoll on May - 17.   

1814  Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day) on this day in history.   

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

1823  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer on this day in history.   

1836  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) on this day in history.   

1837  Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly) on May - 17.   

1840  Niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history rubber band patents   

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

1846  Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle on May - 17.   

1848  Premier Earl Schimmelpenninck resigns on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1853  On this day in history thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election   

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

1860  German football club TSV 1860 München is founded on this day in history.   

1862  On May - 17 battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities   

1863  On May - 17 battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi   

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

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

1865  On May - 17 the International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established.   

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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 May - 17.   

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

1451  On this day in history birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.   

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

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on this day in history.   

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 17 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 May - 17.