Page 4: Historical Events In February - 17

1885  Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

1888  On February - 17 henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

1889  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire on this day in history.   

1891  Georg Britting, writer on February - 17.   

1892  Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad) on this day in history.   

1895  Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history london Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective   

1897  On this day in history national Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)   

1897  On this day in history johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)   

1898  On February - 17 tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt)   

1901  Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)   

1903  Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen on February - 17.   

1903  On this day in history joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61   

1904  Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

1904  Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe) on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall   

1905  On February - 17 serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered   

1906  Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House on February - 17.   

1906  Galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75) on February - 17.   

1907  On February - 17 alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)   

1907  On February - 17 henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies   

1908  Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place) on this day in history.   

1908  Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 on this day in history.   

1909  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS] on this day in history.   

1910  On February - 17 ai Qing, poet   

1911  On this day in history 1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego)   

1911  On February - 17 arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising)   

1912  On this day in history aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57   

1913  On February - 17 new York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to American public. The show is considered "shocking" and calls to close it are made   

1913  On this day in history 1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)   

1913  Josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director on February - 17.   

1914  Albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary on February - 17.   

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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 this day in history.   

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on February - 17.   

1581  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  On February - 17 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 February - 17 birth of georg Bronner, composer   

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

0440  Death of 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   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

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

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

1600  On February - 17 death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)