Historical Events In September - 17

1819  On this day in history 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  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 September - 17 lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893   

1826  On this day in history g F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function)   

1834  Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer on September - 17.   

1835  On this day in history charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago   

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

1846  On this day in history francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84   

1849  Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer on this day in history.   

1850  Great fire in San Francisco on September - 17.   

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

1854  Hans Muller, music historian on September - 17.   

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

1858  On this day in history dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies   

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  On this day in history owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch)   

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

1862  On September - 17 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  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 this day in history.   

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 September - 17 christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921)   

1869  On September - 17 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  Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1552  On this day in history birth of paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21)   

1580  On this day in history birth of charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange   

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

1619  John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader was born on September - 17.   

1630  Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694) was born on September - 17.   

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 September - 17 death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)   

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

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 September - 17.   

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