Historical Events In September - 17

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

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

1824  On this day in history giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91  

1825  Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893 on this day in history.  

1826  G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function) on this day in history.  

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

1835  On September - 17 charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago  

1839  Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1849  On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer  

1850  Great fire in San Francisco on this day in history.  

1853  Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie) on this day in history.  

1854  Hans Muller, music historian on this day in history.  

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

1858  Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on this day in history.  

1859  On September - 17 man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America  

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

1861  On September - 17 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia  

1861  Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch) on this day in history.  

1862  Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War on this day in history.  

1862  Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign  

1864  On this day in history walter Savage Landor, author, dies  

1868  On this day in history roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies  

1869  Christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921) on September - 17.  

1869  On this day in history peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies  

1871  Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens on this day in history.  

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1192  On this day in history birth of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)  

1271  Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305) was born on this day in history.  

1550  Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on September - 17.  

1552  On September - 17 birth of paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21)  

1580  Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history birth of francesco Sacrati, composer  

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  On September - 17 hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81  

1312  Ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26 on September - 17.  

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

1422  On this day in history death of constantine II of Bulgaria  

1563  On this day in history death of henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier  

1574  On September - 17 pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies  

1575  Death of Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504) on September - 17.  

1604  On this day in history lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69