Historical Events In February - 17

0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on February - 17.   

0440  On February - 17 mesrop Mashtots   

0956  On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1370  On this day in history battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania   

1371  On February - 17 ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist on February - 17.   

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) on this day in history.   

1500  On February - 17 battle of Hemmingstedt.   

1568  Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace on February - 17.   

1583  On February - 17 j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1598  On February - 17 boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia   

1600  Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy on February - 17.   

1600  On this day in history giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1612  On February - 17 ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57   

1621  Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony on this day in history.   

1634  On February - 17 william Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti   

1652  Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 on February - 17.   

1653  On February - 17 arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1654  Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on February - 17.   

1667  On February - 17 georg Bronner, composer   

1670  On this day in history france & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty   

1673  Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies on February - 17.   

1675  On February - 17 johann Melchior Conradi, composer   

1676  Kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty on February - 17.   

1688  On this day in history rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian   

1691  Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer   

1697  Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer on February - 17.   

1699  Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci) on February - 17.   

1714  Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree on this day in history.   

1715  On February - 17 antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68   

1723  Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination on February - 17.   

1732  On February - 17 louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63   

1740  Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist on this day in history.   

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1444  On February - 17 birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

1490  On this day in history birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1519  On this day in history birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  On February - 17 birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on February - 17.   

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on February - 17.   

1653  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  On this day in history birth of georg Bronner, composer   

0364  On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on February - 17.   

1371  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  On February - 17 death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1609  On February - 17 death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)