Historical Events In February - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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