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  Battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy on this day in history.   

1796  Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 on November - 17.   

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

1799  Titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology) on November - 17.   

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  On this day in history congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building   

1808  On November - 17 alberich Zwyssig, composer   

1812  On this day in history napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi.   

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

1816  August W Ambros, Austria musicologist (History of Music) on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies   

1826  On this day in history 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 November - 17.   

1831  On this day in history ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.   

1834  Stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on November - 17.   

1837  On November - 17 david Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao   

1839  On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberte Conti Di," premieres in Milan   

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

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

1853  Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections on this day in history.   

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 November - 17 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.   

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

1858  Origin of Modified Julian Period on this day in history.   

1859  On November - 17 gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer   

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

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

1862  Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63 on November - 17.   

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

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

1502  Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) was born on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history birth of il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)   

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

1594  On November - 17 birth of johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)   

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

1681  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0641  On this day in history death of emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)   

0680  Death of Hilda of Whitby (b. 614) on November - 17.   

0885  On this day in history death of queen Liutgard   

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on November - 17.   

1231  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)