Historical Events In September - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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