Page 3: 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  Earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on September - 17.   

1820  Henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1821  Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer on this day in history.   

1823  Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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

1826  On September - 17 g F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function)   

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

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

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

1858  Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on September - 17.   

1859  Man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 September - 17.   

1863  On September - 17 albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies   

1864  Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign on this day in history.   

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

1868  On September - 17 roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies   

1869  On this day in history 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 September - 17.   

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

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 September - 17 birth of charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange   

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

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

1630  On this day in history birth of ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)   

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

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

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

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

1604  Lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.