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 September - 17.  

1820  On September - 17 earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

1820  On this day in history henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76  

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

1823  On September - 17 abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76  

1824  Giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

1825  On September - 17 lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893  

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

1834  On September - 17 edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer  

1835  Charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago on September - 17.  

1839  Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies on September - 17.  

1846  Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84 on September - 17.  

1849  On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer  

1850  On this day in history great fire in San Francisco  

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

1854  Hans Muller, music historian on September - 17.  

1857  On September - 17 konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research  

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

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 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 September - 17.  

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

1862  On September - 17 lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41  

1863  Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada on this day in history.  

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

1864  Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign on September - 17.  

1864  On September - 17 walter Savage Landor, author, dies  

1868  Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies on September - 17.  

1869  On September - 17 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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1192  Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219) was born on September - 17.  

1271  On this day in history birth of wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)  

1550  On this day in history birth of pope Paul V (d. 1621)  

1552  Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on September - 17.  

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

1605  On September - 17 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 September - 17.  

1179  On this day in history hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81  

1312  Ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

1322  Death of Robert III of Flanders (b. 1249) on September - 17.  

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  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies on this day in history.  

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