Page 3: Historical Events In 1817

May 16   Mississippi River steamboat service begins on this day in history.   

May 18   James William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on this day in history.   

May 21   In the year 1817 johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64   

May 31   Edouard Deldevez, composer in the year 1817.   

Jun 17   Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 in the year 1817.   

Jun 18   Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 21   James Brewerton Ricketts, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887 in the year 1817.   

Jun 23   On this day in history otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63   

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

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

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

Jun 30   Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist in the year 1817.   

Jun 30   Joseph D Hooker, British botanist in the year 1817.   

Jul 04   Construction on Erie Canal begins in the year 1817.   

Jul 12   1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 12   In the year 1817 the birth of Henry Thoreau, American author   

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

Jul 15   In the year 1817 john Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway)   

Jul 17   In the year 1817 ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

Jul 18   Jane Austen, writer, dies in the year 1817.   

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

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

Jul 24   On this day in history adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905)   

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

Jul 30   On this day in history charles Radoux-Rogier, composer   

Jul 31   Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 in the year 1817.   

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 in the year 1817.   

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

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Jan 01   Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist was born in the year 1817.   

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   Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna) was born in the year 1817.   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871   

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

Jan 31   In the year 1817 birth of antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia)   

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

Jan 01   Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740) died in the year 1817.   

Jan 14   In the year 1817 pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer, dies at 87   

Jan 16   In the year 1817 antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

Jan 28   Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   On this day in history franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54   

Feb 18   In the year 1817 giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72   

Feb 20   On this day in history martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27