Page 2: Historical Events In November - 17
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1794 John Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1873 on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy
1796 On this day in history 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 November - 17.
1798 On November - 17 -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 this day in history.
1808 Alberich Zwyssig, composer on November - 17.
1812 On this day in history napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi.
1814 Joseph Finegan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on this day in history.
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 Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47 on November - 17.
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 November - 17 ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.
1834 Stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.
1837 On November - 17 david Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao
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 Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections on November - 17.
1854 On November - 17 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 this day in history 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 this day in history william Knyvett, composer, dies at 77
1858 Origin of Modified Julian Period on this day in history.
1859 Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer on November - 17.
1862 On this day in history confederate Secretary of War George B Randolph resigns
1862 On November - 17 confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns
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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