Historical Events In October - 17

1720  On this day in history maria Teresa Agnesi, composer  

1725  John Wilkes, English journalist/MP (N Briton) on this day in history.  

1729  On October - 17 pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer  

1730  On October - 17 ernestus Weinrauch, composer  

1734  On October - 17 grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II  

1740  On October - 17 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  British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY on this day in history.  

1781  On October - 17 cornwallis defeated at Yorktown  

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

1797  On October - 17 peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France  

1800  On October - 17 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  Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule on October - 17.  

1806  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  On October - 17 emanuel Geibel, writer  

1817  On October - 17 sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan)  

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

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

1844  On October - 17 miguel Nieto, composer  

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

1848  On October - 17 william "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball  

1849  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on October - 17.  

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1253  On October - 17 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  On this day in history birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)  

1626  On this day in history birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)  

1688  On October - 17 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 October - 17.  

1174  On this day in history death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)  

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on this day in history.  

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on October - 17.  

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.  

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

1638  On this day in history death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63  

1660  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on October - 17.