Page 2: Historical Events In December - 17

1749  Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto) on December - 17.   

1751  On this day in history kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62   

1770  Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on Dec. 16, 1770 (baptized on Dec. 17, 1770) on this day in history.   

1770  On December - 17 the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer   

1770  On December - 17 johann Friedrich Schubert, composer   

1777  On December - 17 france recognizes independence of English colonies in America   

1778  Hunphry Davy, English chemist (discovered some elements) on December - 17.   

1788  On this day in history russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov   

1790  Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City on December - 17.   

1791  On this day in history nYC traffic regulation creates the 1-way street system   

1791  On this day in history nYC traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street   

1792  On December - 17 opening of first legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city   

1792  On December - 17 opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city   

1797  On December - 17 joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism   

1798  On December - 17 first impeachment trial against a US senator (Wm Blount, TN) begins   

1798  On December - 17 1st impeachment trial against a US senator (Wm Blount, TN) begins   

1800  On December - 17 gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator (Great Hung dictionary)   

1801  On this day in history johan NMJ, king of Saxon (1854-73) (translated Divina Commedia)   

1807  On December - 17 the Milan Decree issued by Napoleon reiterates the paper blockade against British trade with the Continent   

1807  France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history john Greenleaf Whittier, US, poet (Snow-bound)   

1811  On December - 17 john Antes, composer, dies at 71   

1819  Congress of Angostura establishes Columbia's independence from Spain on December - 17.   

1819  Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain on this day in history.   

1819  On December - 17 samuel Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1887   

1820  On this day in history frederick Tracy Dent, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

1821  Kentucky abolishes debtors prisons on this day in history.   

1821  Frederick West Lander, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

1824  John Kerr, System physicist (electro-visually Kerr-effect) on this day in history.   

1829  On December - 17 bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80   

1830  On December - 17 south American revolutionary hero Simon Bolivar dies in Colombia.   

1830  On this day in history jules de Goncourt, France, novelist (Germinie)   

1830  On December - 17 simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia   

1832  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails in Strait Le Maire   

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1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on December - 17.   

1493  On December - 17 birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

1554  On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer   

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.   

0695  On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  Death of William Longsword on December - 17.   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on December - 17.   

1195  On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.   

1471  On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies