Historical Events In February - 17

0364  On February - 17 flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On this day in history mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1370  Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania on February - 17.   

1371  Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist on this day in history.   

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) on this day in history.   

1500  On this day in history battle of Hemmingstedt.   

1568  Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace on February - 17.   

1583  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist on this day in history.   

1598  On February - 17 boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia   

1600  On this day in history philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy.   

1600  Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

1612  On February - 17 ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57   

1621  On this day in history miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony   

1634  William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti on this day in history.   

1652  On February - 17 gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67   

1653  On this day in history arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1654  Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer on this day in history.   

1670  France & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty on this day in history.   

1673  Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies on February - 17.   

1675  On February - 17 johann Melchior Conradi, composer   

1676  Kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty on February - 17.   

1688  On this day in history rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian   

1691  On February - 17 thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service   

1696  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer on this day in history.   

1697  On this day in history louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer   

1699  Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci) on this day in history.   

1714  Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree on this day in history.   

1715  On February - 17 antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68   

1723  Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination on this day in history.   

1732  On February - 17 louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63   

1740  Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist on this day in history.   

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1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on February - 17.   

1490  On February - 17 birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1519  On February - 17 birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

1583  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on February - 17.   

1653  On February - 17 birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  On this day in history birth of georg Bronner, composer   

0364  On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on February - 17.   

1600  On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on February - 17.