Historical Events In February - 17

1885  On this day in history bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa   

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer on February - 17.   

1888  On this day in history henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

1889  On February - 17 h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire   

1891  On this day in history georg Britting, writer   

1892  On this day in history theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)   

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

1896  On February - 17 london Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective   

1897  On February - 17 national Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)   

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

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

1901  On February - 17 ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38   

1902  Marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.) on February - 17.   

1903  On February - 17 johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen   

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

1904  On this day in history giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan   

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

1905  Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall on February - 17.   

1905  Serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered on February - 17.   

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

1906  On this day in history galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)   

1907  Alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award) on this day in history.   

1907  Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies on February - 17.   

1908  On February - 17 staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place)   

1908  On this day in history geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79   

1909  On February - 17 joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS]   

1910  Ai Qing, poet on this day in history.   

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

1911  Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising) on this day in history.   

1912  On February - 17 aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57   

1913  On this day in history 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  On this day in history josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director   

1914  On this day in history albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary   

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

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

1519  On this day in history birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

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

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

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on February - 17.   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

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

1339  On this day in history death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

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)