Historical Events In February - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1747 On this day in history narciso Casanovas, composer
1752 Friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr) on this day in history.
1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer on this day in history.
1758 John Pinkerton, Scottish historian on this day in history.
1766 The birth of Thomas Malthus, English economist on this day in history.
1772 1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria on this day in history.
1774 On February - 17 raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)
1776 On February - 17 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of Roman Empire" published
1781 René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) on February - 17.
1791 On February - 17 messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)
1795 On this day in history thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England
1796 On this day in history giovanni Pacini, composer
1796 James Macpherson, poet, dies on February - 17.
1801 On February - 17 house breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr
1804 Samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 on February - 17.
1814 Battle of Mormans on this day in history.
1815 On this day in history franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59
1816 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer on February - 17.
1817 1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore) on February - 17.
1818 On this day in history baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)
1820 Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons) on this day in history.
1824 William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903 on this day in history.
1827 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1831 On February - 17 francisco Salvador Daniel, composer
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania on this day in history.
1837 On this day in history francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
1841 Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont on this day in history.
1841 Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1844 A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) on February - 17.
1847 On February - 17 william Collins, landscape painter, dies
1848 On this day in history toscane gets liberal Constitution
1849 Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter on February - 17.
1850 On this day in history anton Urspruch, composer
1852 On February - 17 micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies
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