Historical Events In February - 17
Saturday, 18 January 2025
0364 On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32
0440 Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.
0956 On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55
1370 On February - 17 battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania
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 February - 17.
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 February - 17.
1598 On February - 17 boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia
1600 Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy on this day in history.
1600 Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.
1612 On this day in history 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 February - 17.
1652 Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 on February - 17.
1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) on February - 17.
1654 Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1667 Georg Bronner, composer on February - 17.
1670 On February - 17 france & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty
1673 On February - 17 moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies
1675 Johann Melchior Conradi, composer on February - 17.
1676 Kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty on February - 17.
1688 Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian on this day in history.
1691 On this day in history thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service
1696 On this day in history baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
1697 On this day in history louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer
1699 Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci) on February - 17.
1714 Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree on this day in history.
1715 Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1723 On February - 17 tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination
1732 Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1740 On February - 17 horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist