Page 3: Historical Events In September - 17

1819  1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii on this day in history.   

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

1821  On this day in history charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer   

1823  On this day in history abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76   

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

1825  Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893 on September - 17.   

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

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

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

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

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

1849  On September - 17 vaclav Juda Novotny, composer   

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

1853  On this day in history clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie)   

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 this day in history frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator   

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

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  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 September - 17.   

1863  On September - 17 pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada   

1863  On this day in history 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 September - 17.   

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

1869  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1552  Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1619  On September - 17 birth of john Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader   

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

1179  On September - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

1563  On September - 17 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 September - 17 lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69