Page 4: Historical Events In August - 17

1896  On this day in history george Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon   

1896  Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas) on August - 17.   

1896  Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on this day in history.   

1897  W B Purvis patents electric railway switch on August - 17.   

1898  On this day in history gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian   

1898  Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 on August - 17.   

1900  On this day in history quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)   

1901  Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.   

1903  Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U & begins Pulitzer Prizes on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history abram Chasins, composer   

1904  Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chic White Sox, 6-0 on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history dutch govt of De Master begins   

1905  John Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67) on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer   

1907  Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union on August - 17.   

1907  Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer on August - 17.   

1908  On this day in history bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery   

1908  B Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1908  Kurt Hessenberg, composer on August - 17.   

1909  On August - 17 richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78   

1910  On this day in history eric Aaltonen, composer   

1911  On this day in history frederik de Merode, Belgian prince   

1912  Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop on August - 17.   

1913  W. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant on August - 17.   

1914  The Belgian government moves its offices from Brussels to Antwerp on August - 17.   

1914  On this day in history french troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins   

1914  On this day in history franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55)   

1914  James Grierson, British general on this day in history.   

1915  On August - 17 mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life   

1915  On this day in history sS Glenby, this Ropner ship was sunk by gunfire from a U boat St. George's Channel. The Germans then machine gunned the survivors in the life boats, killing two and seriously wounding two others   

1915  German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana on August - 17.   

1915  On August - 17 leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia   

1916  On August - 17 bulgarian offensive in Macedonia   

1916  Eleanor Steber, opera singer on this day in history.   

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1473  On August - 17 birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

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

1586  On this day in history birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  On August - 17 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 August - 17.   

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 August - 17 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 this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

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

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on August - 17.   

1553  On August - 17 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

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