Historical Events In August - 17

0682  St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.   

1180  On this day in history yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira   

1227  Death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan on this day in history.   

1464  On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1498  Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess on this day in history.   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  On August - 17 pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1544  On this day in history imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on August - 17.   

1563  On August - 17 king Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult   

1577  On August - 17 peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots   

1579  Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I on August - 17.   

1585  On August - 17 antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) on August - 17.   

1590  John White returns to Roanoke, Virginia to find no trace of colonist's he had left there 3 yrs earlier [or Aug 18, 1591] on this day in history.   

1607  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608] on this day in history.   

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on August - 17.   

1648  On August - 17 -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish   

1676  On August - 17 grimmelshausen, writer, dies   

1681  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer on August - 17.   

1717  On this day in history france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement   

1720  On this day in history charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

1730  On August - 17 mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61   

1731  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1743  Sweden & Russia sign peace treaty on August - 17.   

1775  On August - 17 philippe Libon, composer   

1777  Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1779  On August - 17 franz de Paula Roser, composer   

1785  On this day in history jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies   

1786  On this day in history the birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo   

1786  Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo) on August - 17.   

1786  On this day in history frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74   

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1473  On this day in history birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1686  On August - 17 birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on this day in history.   

1753  On August - 17 birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

0754  On August - 17 karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on August - 17.   

1304  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1510  On August - 17 death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on August - 17.   

1635  On August - 17 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48