Page 3: Historical Events In September - 17

1819  1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii on September - 17.   

1819  Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, physicist (pendulum proved Earth rotates) on this day in history.   

1820  Earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on September - 17.   

1820  Henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76 on September - 17.   

1821  On September - 17 charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer   

1823  Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 on September - 17.   

1824  On September - 17 giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91   

1825  Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893 on September - 17.   

1826  G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function) on September - 17.   

1834  On this day in history edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer   

1835  Charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies   

1846  Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1849  On September - 17 vaclav Juda Novotny, composer   

1850  Great fire in San Francisco on September - 17.   

1853  On this day in history clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie)   

1854  On September - 17 hans Muller, music historian   

1857  Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research on this day in history.   

1858  On September - 17 dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies   

1859  Man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America on September - 17.   

1859  On September - 17 frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator   

1861  On this day in history 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia   

1861  Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch) on September - 17.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War   

1862  On this day in history battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals   

1862  On this day in history lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41   

1863  On this day in history pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada   

1863  Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies on September - 17.   

1864  On September - 17 grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign   

1864  Walter Savage Landor, author, dies on this day in history.   

1868  Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921)   

1869  Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies on September - 17.   

1871  On September - 17 mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens   

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1192  On September - 17 birth of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)   

1271  Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305) was born on September - 17.   

1550  On September - 17 birth of pope Paul V (d. 1621)   

1552  Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on this day in history.   

1580  Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange was born on September - 17.   

1605  Francesco Sacrati, composer was born on September - 17.   

1619  On September - 17 birth of john Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader   

1630  Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1179  Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81 on September - 17.   

1312  On this day in history ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26   

1322  On this day in history death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)   

1422  Death of Constantine II of Bulgaria on September - 17.   

1563  Death of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier on this day in history.   

1574  On this day in history pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies   

1575  Death of Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

1604  Lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69 on September - 17.