Historical Events In May - 17

1896  On May - 17 brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer   

1898  On May - 17 camp Merritt forms in Presidio [see 0503]   

1899  Victoria & Albert Museum foundation laid England on this day in history.   

1899  Ralf Harolde, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off) on May - 17.   

1900  On May - 17 british troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony)   

1900  On May - 17 mafeking in South Africa relieved   

1900  Nicolai Berezowsky, composer on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history werner Egk, Auchsesheim Germany, composer (Die Zaubergeige)   

1902  On May - 17 greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.   

1902  John Vincent, composer on May - 17.   

1903  Cleve Indians beat NY Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio on this day in history.   

1903  Douglas Packard, British Lt General on this day in history.   

1904  Maurice Ravel's "Shéhérazade," premieres in Paris on May - 17.   

1905  On this day in history waseda U of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball   

1905  On this day in history john Patrick, screenwriter   

1906  Switzerland's Simpion Tunnel open to rail traffic on May - 17.   

1906  On this day in history eric Mensforth, president (Westland Aircraft)   

1907  On this day in history charles Cawley, British chief scientist/minister of power   

1908  Sigismund Toduta, composer on this day in history.   

1909  White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks on May - 17.   

1909  On May - 17 edward Playfair, British senior civil servant   

1910  Canada sets the designs for its 1 cent to fifty cent coins on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 17 canada sets the designs for the 1-50 cent coins   

1911  The birth of Maureen O'Sullivan, American film actress on this day in history.   

1911  36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51 on May - 17.   

1911  On May - 17 knut Anders Haukfield, SOE Operative   

1912  On this day in history archibald Cox, special prosecutor (Watergate)   

1913  Alec Ogilvie, CEO (Powell Duffryn) on May - 17.   

1914  On this day in history guido Masanetz, composer   

1914  On this day in history peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79   

1915  Last liberal British Government of Asquith falls on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 17 national Baptist Convention chartered   

1915  40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58 on this day in history.   

1915  Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer on May - 17.   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1551  On this day in history birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

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

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

1050  On May - 17 guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

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

1336  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

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  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)