Historical Events In 1817

May 16   In the year 1817 mississippi River steamboat service begins  

May 18   James William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 in the year 1817.  

May 21   Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

May 31   Edouard Deldevez, composer in the year 1817.  

Jun 17   Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 on this day in history.  

Jun 18   Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies in the year 1817.  

Jun 21   On this day in history james Brewerton Ricketts, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887  

Jun 23   Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1817.  

Jun 24   1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast in the year 1817.  

Jun 24   The first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast in the year 1817.  

Jun 24   Thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83 in the year 1817.  

Jun 30   In the year 1817 abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist  

Jun 30   In the year 1817 joseph D Hooker, British botanist  

Jul 04   In the year 1817 construction on Erie Canal begins  

Jul 12   In the year 1817 1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)  

Jul 12   Henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond) in the year 1817.  

Jul 12   The birth of Henry Thoreau, American author on this day in history.  

Jul 12   On this day in history the first flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)  

Jul 15   John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway) on this day in history.  

Jul 17   Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer in the year 1817.  

Jul 18   In the year 1817 jane Austen, writer, dies  

Jul 19   In the year 1817 mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union)  

Jul 21   John Gilbert, painter/illustrator on this day in history.  

Jul 24   Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905) in the year 1817.  

Jul 29   In the year 1817 james Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883  

Jul 30   Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 31   Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 on this day in history.  

Aug 03   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza) on this day in history.  

Aug 13   On this day in history karoly Thern, composer  

Aug 16   Henry Winter Davis, MC (Union), died in 1865 on this day in history.  

Aug 17   On this day in history joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71)  

Aug 18   In the year 1817 gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore  

Aug 24   Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] on this day in history.  

Sep 05   In the year 1817 aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [NS]  

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Jan 01   In the year 1817 birth of martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist  

Jan 08   In the year 1817 birth of john Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893)  

Jan 14   Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871 was born in the year 1817.  

Jan 18   In the year 1817 birth of jacques Gregoir, composer  

Jan 31   Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia) was born in the year 1817.  

Feb 02   In the year 1817 birth of john Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid)  

Jan 01   On this day in history martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73  

Jan 12   Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer, dies at 87  

Jan 16   Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1817.  

Feb 09   Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 20   Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.