Page 2: Historical Events In October - 17

1720  On this day in history 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 this day in history ernestus Weinrauch, composer   

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

1740  Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia on this day in history.   

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

1763  On this day in history arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76   

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

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

1781  Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown on this day in history.   

1787  Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities on October - 17.   

1797  On this day in history peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France   

1800  On this day in history dutch colony Curacao transfered to England   

1805  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 on October - 17.   

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

1806  Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist on October - 17.   

1806  On October - 17 jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies   

1808  On October - 17 political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw   

1811  Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich) on October - 17.   

1814  London Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine on this day in history.   

1815  Napoleon arrives in St Helena on this day in history.   

1815  Emanuel Geibel, writer on this day in history.   

1817  Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan) on October - 17.   

1825  1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris on October - 17.   

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

1829  Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opened on October - 17.   

1829  Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens on October - 17.   

1831  Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres on October - 17.   

1837  Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1844  Miguel Nieto, composer on October - 17.   

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

1848  William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball on this day in history.   

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

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1253  On October - 17 birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  On October - 17 birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  On this day in history birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on October - 17.   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1174  On October - 17 death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

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

1552  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

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

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on October - 17.   

1660  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on this day in history.