Page 2: Historical Events In November - 17

1794  On this day in history john Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1873   

1796  On November - 17 battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy   

1796  On November - 17 battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy   

1796  Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history -21) Snow storms in New England, 100s die   

1799  On this day in history titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology)   

1800  Congress held first session in Washington DC on November - 17.   

1800  On this day in history the United States Congress meets for the first time   

1800  Congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building on November - 17.   

1808  Alberich Zwyssig, composer on this day in history.   

1812  Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi on this day in history.   

1814  On November - 17 joseph Finegan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

1816  August W Ambros, Austria musicologist (History of Music) on November - 17.   

1818  Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies on this day in history.   

1826  On November - 17 john McArthur, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

1826  On November - 17 louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47   

1827  The Delta Phi fraternity, America's oldest continuous social fraternity, was founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York on this day in history.   

1831  Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia on November - 17.   

1834  On November - 17 stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1837  David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao on November - 17.   

1839  On November - 17 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberte Conti Di," premieres in Milan   

1842  On November - 17 fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston   

1848  On this day in history jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies   

1853  On this day in history street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections   

1854  On this day in history louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)   

1855  On this day in history david Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.   

1856  On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase on this day in history.   

1856  On November - 17 william Knyvett, composer, dies at 77   

1858  On November - 17 origin of Modified Julian Period   

1859  Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer on this day in history.   

1862  Confederate Secretary of War George B Randolph resigns on this day in history.   

1862  On November - 17 confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns   

1862  Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1863  -Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, TN on this day in history.   

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0009  On this day in history birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)   

1502  On November - 17 birth of atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)   

1503  On November - 17 birth of il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)   

1576  On November - 17 birth of roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)   

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) was born on November - 17.   

1612  On November - 17 birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)   

1681  On this day in history birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)   

1685  Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) was born on November - 17.   

0375  On November - 17 valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54   

0474  On November - 17 leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies   

0594  On this day in history gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies   

0641  On November - 17 death of emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)   

0680  Death of Hilda of Whitby (b. 614) on this day in history.   

0885  On this day in history death of queen Liutgard   

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on this day in history.   

1231  On November - 17 death of elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)