Historical Events In August - 17

1787  Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded   

1792  Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38 on August - 17.   

1795  Slave revolt at Knip plantation, Curacao on August - 17.   

1796  English beat Bataafs navy in Saldanha Bay on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies   

1807  On August - 17 robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River   

1808  Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain on this day in history.   

1811  Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will) on August - 17.   

1812  Frigate President captures British schooner L'Adeline in North Atlantic on August - 17.   

1817  Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71) on this day in history.   

1819  On August - 17 james Henry Van Alen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886   

1827  Dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord on this day in history.   

1828  George William Warren, composer on this day in history.   

1834  Charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile on August - 17.   

1834  On August - 17 peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (Leie/Rubens Cantata)   

1835  On August - 17 solymon Merrick patents wrench   

1836  On August - 17 british parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death   

1839  Hubert Platt Main, composer on this day in history.   

1840  On August - 17 wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League)   

1841  On August - 17 luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet   

1844  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913) on this day in history.   

1846  US takes Los Angeles on this day in history.   

1846  US fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California on this day in history.   

1850  On August - 17 jose de San Martin, liberator of Chile, dies.   

1850  On this day in history jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies   

1851  Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist on August - 17.   

1856  On this day in history violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master)   

1858  On August - 17 1st bank in Hawaii opens   

1859  On this day in history circus acrobat Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.   

1859  1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind on this day in history.   

1862  Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky on August - 17.   

1863  Federal batteries &ships bombard Fort Sumter, Charleston on August - 17.   

1863  Federal batteries & ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC on August - 17.   

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1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on August - 17.   

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on this day in history.   

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1686  On this day in history birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on August - 17.   

1753  On this day in history birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

0754  On August - 17 karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on this day in history.   

1304  On August - 17 death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

1464  On this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.   

1536  On this day in history death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on August - 17.   

1635  On August - 17 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48