Historical Events In October - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1720 Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer on this day in history.
1725 On October - 17 john Wilkes, English journalist/MP (N Briton)
1729 On this day in history pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer
1730 Ernestus Weinrauch, composer on October - 17.
1734 Grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II on this day in history.
1740 On October - 17 ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia
1748 On this day in history french troops lift siege of English at Pondicherry, India.
1763 On this day in history arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76
1777 On October - 17 british General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga, NY
1777 British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY on October - 17.
1781 On October - 17 cornwallis defeated at Yorktown
1787 On October - 17 boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities
1797 On this day in history peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France
1800 On this day in history dutch colony Curacao transfered to England
1805 Napoleon breaks camp at Boulogne, proceeds by forced marches into Germany, forces the surrender October 17 at Ulm of a 30,000-man Austrian army under Baron Karl Mack von Leiberich, 53, and caps the victory by taking Vienna on October - 17.
1806 On this day in history former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule.
1806 Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist on October - 17.
1806 On this day in history jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies
1808 On October - 17 political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw
1811 Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich) on October - 17.
1814 London Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine on October - 17.
1815 On October - 17 napoleon arrives in St Helena
1815 Emanuel Geibel, writer on October - 17.
1817 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan) on this day in history.
1825 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris on October - 17.
1825 Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1829 On October - 17 delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opened
1829 On this day in history delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens
1831 Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres on this day in history.
1837 On this day in history johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58
1844 Miguel Nieto, composer on this day in history.
1845 On October - 17 franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library
1848 William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball on October - 17.
1849 Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on October - 17.
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