Historical Events In August - 17

0682  On this day in history st Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on this day in history.   

1180  On August - 17 yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira   

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

1464  On this day in history 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  Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.   

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

1544  Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France on August - 17.   

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

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

1577  Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots on August - 17.   

1579  On August - 17 francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I   

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

1586  On August - 17 johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1590  On August - 17 john White returns to Roanoke, Virginia to find no trace of colonist's he had left there 3 yrs earlier [or Aug 18, 1591]   

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

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

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

1676  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1686  On August - 17 nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

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

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

1730  On this day in history mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61   

1731  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on August - 17.   

1743  On August - 17 sweden & Russia sign peace treaty   

1775  Philippe Libon, composer on this day in history.   

1777  Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on August - 17.   

1779  On August - 17 franz de Paula Roser, composer   

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

1786  The birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo on August - 17.   

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 August - 17 birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  On this day in history birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

1586  On August - 17 birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on this day in history.   

1629  On this day in history birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1753  On this day in history birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on this day in history.   

1153  On this day in history death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

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

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

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

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

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