Page 2: Historical Events In November - 17

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

1796  Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy on November - 17.   

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

1796  On November - 17 catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67   

1798  -21) Snow storms in New England, 100s die on November - 17.   

1799  On November - 17 titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology)   

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

1800  On November - 17 the United States Congress meets for the first time   

1800  Congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history alberich Zwyssig, composer   

1812  Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi on November - 17.   

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

1816  On this day in history august W Ambros, Austria musicologist (History of Music)   

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

1826  John McArthur, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 on November - 17.   

1826  Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.   

1834  On this day in history stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1837  David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao on this day in history.   

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

1842  Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston on November - 17.   

1848  On November - 17 jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies   

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

1854  On November - 17 louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)   

1855  On November - 17 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 this day in history origin of Modified Julian Period   

1859  On November - 17 gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer   

1862  Confederate Secretary of War George B Randolph resigns on November - 17.   

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

1862  On November - 17 alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63   

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

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0009  Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) was born on November - 17.   

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

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on November - 17.   

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

1612  Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1681  On November - 17 birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)   

1685  On this day in history birth of pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)   

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

0474  Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on November - 17.   

0594  Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on November - 17.   

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

0680  On this day in history death of hilda of Whitby (b. 614)   

0885  On November - 17 death of queen Liutgard   

1093  On this day in history margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies   

1231  Death of Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207) on this day in history.