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 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  On this day in history abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76  

1824  Giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91 on September - 17.  

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  Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer on this day in history.  

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

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

1846  On September - 17 francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84  

1849  On September - 17 vaclav Juda Novotny, composer  

1850  On September - 17 great fire in San Francisco  

1853  Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie) on September - 17.  

1854  On this day in history hans Muller, music historian  

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  On this day in history man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America  

1859  Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator on this day in history.  

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

1861  On September - 17 owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch)  

1862  Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War on September - 17.  

1862  Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals on September - 17.  

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

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

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

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

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  On September - 17 mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens  

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1192  Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219) was born on this day in history.  

1271  On September - 17 birth of wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)  

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

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

1312  On September - 17 ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26  

1322  Death of Robert III of Flanders (b. 1249) on this day in history.  

1422  Death of Constantine II of Bulgaria on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504)  

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