Page 2: Historical Events In October - 17

1720  On October - 17 maria Teresa Agnesi, composer   

1725  On October - 17 john Wilkes, English journalist/MP (N Briton)   

1729  Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer on October - 17.   

1730  On October - 17 ernestus Weinrauch, composer   

1734  Grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia   

1748  On this day in history french troops lift siege of English at Pondicherry, India.   

1763  Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1777  British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga, NY on this day in history.   

1777  On October - 17 british General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY   

1781  Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown on this day in history.   

1787  On this day in history boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities   

1797  Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France on this day in history.   

1800  Dutch colony Curacao transfered to England on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history napoleon breaks camp at Boulogne, proceeds by forced marches into Germany, forces the surrender October 17 at Ulm of a 30,000-man Austrian army under Baron Karl Mack von Leiberich, 53, and caps the victory by taking Vienna   

1806  Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule on this day in history.   

1806  On October - 17 alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist   

1806  Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies on this day in history.   

1808  Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw on October - 17.   

1811  On this day in history albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich)   

1814  London Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine on October - 17.   

1815  On this day in history napoleon arrives in St Helena   

1815  Emanuel Geibel, writer on October - 17.   

1817  Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan) on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris   

1825  On October - 17 peter Winter, composer, dies at 71   

1829  Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opened on this day in history.   

1829  On October - 17 delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens   

1831  On this day in history felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres   

1837  On this day in history johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58   

1844  On October - 17 miguel Nieto, composer   

1845  On October - 17 franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library   

1848  William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball on October - 17.   

1849  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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1253  On this day in history birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on this day in history.   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on October - 17.   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On October - 17 birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  On October - 17 birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  On this day in history birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on October - 17.   

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on this day in history.   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on October - 17.   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1586  On October - 17 philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

1616  Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on this day in history.   

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)