Page 4: Historical Events In February - 17

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

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer on February - 17.   

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) on this day in history.   

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

1891  Georg Britting, writer on this day in history.   

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

1895  On February - 17 anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)   

1896  London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective on February - 17.   

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

1897  On February - 17 johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)   

1898  Tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt) on this day in history.   

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  Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen on this day in history.   

1903  On February - 17 joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61   

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

1904  On this day in history albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe)   

1905  On February - 17 frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall   

1905  On this day in history serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered   

1906  On this day in history theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House   

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

1907  On this day in history alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)   

1907  On this day in history henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies   

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

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

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

1910  On this day in history ai Qing, poet   

1911  On February - 17 1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego)   

1911  Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising) on February - 17.   

1912  On February - 17 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 February - 17 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 February - 17 birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

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

1519  On February - 17 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  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

1653  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on February - 17.   

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  On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

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

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

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

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.   

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