Page 2: Historical Events In February - 17

1747  Narciso Casanovas, composer on February - 17.   

1752  On February - 17 friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)   

1754  On this day in history jan Jachym Kopriva, composer   

1758  John Pinkerton, Scottish historian on February - 17.   

1766  The birth of Thomas Malthus, English economist on February - 17.   

1772  1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria on February - 17.   

1774  On February - 17 raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

1776  1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of Roman Empire" published on February - 17.   

1781  René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) on this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)   

1795  Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England on this day in history.   

1796  Giovanni Pacini, composer on this day in history.   

1796  James Macpherson, poet, dies on February - 17.   

1801  House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr on February - 17.   

1804  On this day in history samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883   

1814  On February - 17 battle of Mormans.   

1815  On February - 17 franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59   

1816  Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history 1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)   

1818  Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle) on this day in history.   

1820  Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons) on this day in history.   

1824  On February - 17 william Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903   

1827  Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1831  On February - 17 francisco Salvador Daniel, composer   

1836  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania   

1837  Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 on this day in history.   

1841  Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont on February - 17.   

1841  On this day in history ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70   

1844  On this day in history a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)   

1847  On February - 17 william Collins, landscape painter, dies   

1848  On this day in history toscane gets liberal Constitution   

1849  Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter on this day in history.   

1850  Anton Urspruch, composer on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies   

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1444  On this day in history birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on February - 17.   

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on this day in history.   

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

1583  On this day in history birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  On this day in history birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on February - 17.   

1371  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  On this day in history death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

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

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on this day in history.