Page 3: Historical Events In September - 17
Saturday, 03 May 2025
1819 On September - 17 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii
1819 Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, physicist (pendulum proved Earth rotates) on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1820 Henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76 on September - 17.
1821 Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer on September - 17.
1823 Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91
1825 On this day in history lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893
1826 G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function) on this day in history.
1834 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer on September - 17.
1835 Charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago on this day in history.
1839 Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies on September - 17.
1846 On this day in history francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84
1849 On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer
1850 On this day in history great fire in San Francisco
1853 On September - 17 clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie)
1854 Hans Muller, music historian on September - 17.
1857 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research on September - 17.
1858 Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on September - 17.
1859 Man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America on this day in history.
1859 Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator on September - 17.
1861 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia on this day in history.
1861 Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch) on this day in history.
1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War on September - 17.
1862 Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals on this day in history.
1862 On this day in history lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41
1863 Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada on September - 17.
1863 Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies on this day in history.
1864 Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign on this day in history.
1864 Walter Savage Landor, author, dies on September - 17.
1868 On this day in history roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies
1869 On this day in history christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921)
1869 On this day in history peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies
1871 Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens on September - 17.
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