Historical Events In February - 17

1885  Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa on February - 17.   

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer on February - 17.   

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) on February - 17.   

1889  On February - 17 h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire   

1891  On this day in history georg Britting, writer   

1892  On this day in history theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)   

1895  Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) on February - 17.   

1896  London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history national Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)   

1897  On February - 17 johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)   

1898  On this day in history tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt)   

1901  On February - 17 ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38   

1902  On this day in history marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)   

1903  On this day in history johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen   

1903  Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61 on February - 17.   

1904  On this day in history giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan   

1904  On this day in history albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe)   

1905  On February - 17 frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall   

1905  On this day in history serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered   

1906  Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House on February - 17.   

1906  On this day in history galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)   

1907  On this day in history alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)   

1907  Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies on this day in history.   

1908  Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place) on February - 17.   

1908  Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 on this day in history.   

1909  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS] on February - 17.   

1910  On February - 17 ai Qing, poet   

1911  On February - 17 1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego)   

1911  On February - 17 arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising)   

1912  Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57 on February - 17.   

1913  New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to American public. The show is considered "shocking" and calls to close it are made on February - 17.   

1913  1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon) on this day in history.   

1913  Josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director on February - 17.   

1914  Albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary on February - 17.   

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

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

1519  On February - 17 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  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on February - 17.   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

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

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on February - 17.