Events & Holidays In July - 17

Constitution Day (South Korea)

Hurricane Supplication Day (US Virgin Islands)

Munoz Rivera Day (Puerto Rico)

1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.   

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.