Page 3: Historical Events In 1817

May 16   On this day in history mississippi River steamboat service begins   

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

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

May 31   In the year 1817 edouard Deldevez, composer   

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   In the year 1817 james Brewerton Ricketts, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887   

Jun 23   Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jun 24   1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.   

Jun 24   The first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   On this day in history abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist   

Jun 30   Joseph D Hooker, British botanist on this day in history.   

Jul 04   In the year 1817 construction on Erie Canal begins   

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

Jul 12   On this day in history henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond)   

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

Jul 12   The first flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland) in the year 1817.   

Jul 15   On this day in history john Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway)   

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

Jul 18   On this day in history jane Austen, writer, dies   

Jul 19   Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union) in the year 1817.   

Jul 21   On this day in history john Gilbert, painter/illustrator   

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

Jul 29   James Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer in the year 1817.   

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

Aug 03   On this day in history albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza)   

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   On this day in history gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore   

Aug 24   Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] in the year 1817.   

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist   

Jan 08   John Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1817 birth of harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna)   

Jan 15   In the year 1817 birth of lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871   

Jan 18   Jacques Gregoir, composer was born in the year 1817.   

Jan 31   Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 02   John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid) was born in the year 1817.   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1817 death of juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)   

Jan 14   Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1817.   

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   In the year 1817 martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27