Historical Events In August - 17

1896  On this day in history george Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon   

1896  Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas) on August - 17.   

1896  Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on August - 17.   

1897  On August - 17 w B Purvis patents electric railway switch   

1898  On August - 17 gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian   

1898  On this day in history carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56   

1900  Quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News) on this day in history.   

1901  Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.   

1903  On this day in history joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U & begins Pulitzer Prizes   

1903  Abram Chasins, composer on this day in history.   

1904  Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chic White Sox, 6-0 on this day in history.   

1905  Dutch govt of De Master begins on this day in history.   

1905  On August - 17 john Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67)   

1906  On August - 17 hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer   

1907  On this day in history bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union   

1907  Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer on August - 17.   

1908  On August - 17 bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery   

1908  B Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC on August - 17.   

1908  Kurt Hessenberg, composer on this day in history.   

1909  Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1910  Eric Aaltonen, composer on August - 17.   

1911  Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince on August - 17.   

1912  Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history w. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant   

1914  The Belgian government moves its offices from Brussels to Antwerp on this day in history.   

1914  French troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins on August - 17.   

1914  On August - 17 franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55)   

1914  On August - 17 james Grierson, British general   

1915  Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life on August - 17.   

1915  SS Glenby, this Ropner ship was sunk by gunfire from a U boat St. George's Channel. The Germans then machine gunned the survivors in the life boats, killing two and seriously wounding two others on August - 17.   

1915  German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana on this day in history.   

1915  Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia on this day in history.   

1916  Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia on August - 17.   

1916  Eleanor Steber, opera singer on August - 17.   

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1473  On this day in history birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

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

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on August - 17.   

1601  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  On August - 17 birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on this day in history.   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on this day in history.   

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

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.   

1153  On this day in history death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

1304  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on August - 17.   

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

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.   

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.   

1553  On August - 17 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.