Historical Events In September - 17

1819  On this day in history 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii   

1819  Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, physicist (pendulum proved Earth rotates) on September - 17.   

1820  Earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1820  Henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76 on September - 17.   

1821  Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer on this day in history.   

1823  Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 on September - 17.   

1824  Giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91 on September - 17.   

1825  Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893 on September - 17.   

1826  G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function) on this day in history.   

1834  Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer on September - 17.   

1835  On September - 17 charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago   

1839  Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84   

1849  Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer on September - 17.   

1850  On this day in history great fire in San Francisco   

1853  Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie) on this day in history.   

1854  On September - 17 hans Muller, music historian   

1857  Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research on this day in history.   

1858  Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on September - 17.   

1859  Man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America on September - 17.   

1859  On September - 17 frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator   

1861  1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia on this day in history.   

1861  Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War   

1862  Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals on September - 17.   

1862  Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 on September - 17.   

1863  On this day in history pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada   

1863  On September - 17 albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies   

1864  Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign on this day in history.   

1864  On September - 17 walter Savage Landor, author, dies   

1868  Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921)   

1869  On September - 17 peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies   

1871  On September - 17 mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens   

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1192  On September - 17 birth of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)   

1271  On September - 17 birth of wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)   

1550  Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on September - 17.   

1580  Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange was born on September - 17.   

1605  Francesco Sacrati, composer was born on this day in history.   

1619  On September - 17 birth of john Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader   

1630  Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694) was born on September - 17.   

1179  On this day in history hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81   

1312  Ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26 on September - 17.   

1322  On this day in history death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)   

1422  Death of Constantine II of Bulgaria on September - 17.   

1563  Death of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier on September - 17.   

1574  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies on this day in history.   

1575  Death of Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504) on September - 17.   

1604  On this day in history lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69