Page 5: Historical Events In 1817

Nov 25   1st sword swallower in US performs (NYC) on this day in history.   

Nov 27   US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War in the year 1817.   

Nov 30   Theodor Mommsen, Germ, historian/author (Imperial Lives, Nobel 1902) on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Dec 07   William Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Dec 10   On this day in history mississippi admitted as 20th state   

Dec 11   Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

Dec 15   On this day in history maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies   

Dec 16   Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon on this day in history.   

Dec 19   James Jay Archer, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1864 on this day in history.   

Dec 30   1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona) on this day in history.   

Dec 30   First coffee planted in Hawaii in the year 1817.   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of john Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867   

Jan 08   In the year 1817 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   Lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871 was born in the year 1817.   

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

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

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

Jan 28   In the year 1817 friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55   

Feb 09   Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1817.   

Feb 18   Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 in the year 1817.   

Feb 20   In the year 1817 martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27