Historical Events In October - 17

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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1253  On October - 17 birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  On this day in history birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on October - 17.   

1582  On October - 17 birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  On October - 17 birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

1626  On October - 17 birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on October - 17.   

1696  On this day in history birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on October - 17.   

1174  On this day in history death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  On this day in history jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on this day in history.   

1616  Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on October - 17.   

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on this day in history.   

1660  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on October - 17.