Historical Events In February - 17

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

0440  Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1370  Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania on this day in history.   

1371  Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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

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

1500  On this day in history battle of Hemmingstedt.   

1568  On February - 17 holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace   

1583  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist on this day in history.   

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 February - 17 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  Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies   

1675  Johann Melchior Conradi, composer on this day in history.   

1676  On February - 17 kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty   

1688  Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian on February - 17.   

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

1696  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1715  Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on February - 17.   

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

1732  Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist   

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1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on this day in history.   

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on February - 17.   

1519  On February - 17 birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  On February - 17 birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

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

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

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

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  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

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 February - 17.   

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