Historical Events In February - 17
Sunday, 16 February 2025
0364 Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.
0440 Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.
0956 Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.
1370 On this day in history battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania
1371 Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.
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 On February - 17 holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace
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 February - 17.
1600 On this day in history giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake
1612 Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1621 On February - 17 miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony
1634 On this day in history william Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti
1652 Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 on this day in history.
1653 On this day in history arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)
1654 Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on February - 17.
1667 On February - 17 georg Bronner, composer
1670 On February - 17 france & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty
1673 On this day in history moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies
1675 On this day in history johann Melchior Conradi, composer
1676 Kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty on this day in history.
1688 On February - 17 rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian
1691 Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service on February - 17.
1696 On February - 17 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
1697 On February - 17 louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer
1699 Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci) on this day in history.
1714 On this day in history parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree
1715 On February - 17 antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68
1723 Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination on February - 17.
1732 On February - 17 louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63
1740 On February - 17 horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist