Historical Events In February - 17
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
0364 On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32
0440 Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.
0956 Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.
1370 On this day in history battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania
1371 Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.
1444 Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist on this day in history.
1490 On February - 17 charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)
1500 On February - 17 battle of Hemmingstedt.
1568 On this day in history holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace
1583 On February - 17 j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
1598 Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia on February - 17.
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 Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57 on February - 17.
1621 On this day in history miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony
1634 On this day in history 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 Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) on this day in history.
1654 Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on February - 17.
1667 Georg Bronner, composer on this day in history.
1670 On February - 17 france & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty
1673 On February - 17 moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies
1675 Johann Melchior Conradi, composer on this day in history.
1676 On this day in history kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty
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 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer on February - 17.
1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer on this day in history.
1699 Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci) on this day in history.
1714 Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree on February - 17.
1715 On February - 17 antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68
1723 On February - 17 tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination
1732 Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1740 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist on this day in history.