Page 2: Historical Events In July - 17

1704  On July - 17 pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer   

1709  On this day in history pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60   

1712  On this day in history england, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th]   

1727  On July - 17 simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor   

1740  Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV on this day in history.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering on July - 17.   

1746  Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1753  Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies on this day in history.   

1762  Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia on July - 17.   

1762  On July - 17 peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34   

1763  On July - 17 the birth of John Jacob Astor, US millionaire   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education on this day in history.   

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1764  On this day in history johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82   

1774  On July - 17 capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)   

1775  The first military hospital approved on this day in history.   

1775  1st military hospital approved on this day in history.   

1775  August Harder, composer on this day in history.   

1788  On July - 17 russian fleet destroys Swedish   

1791  Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing as many as 50 people on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined   

1794  African Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated on July - 17.   

1794  Richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church on this day in history.   

1794  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45 on July - 17.   

1804  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on July - 17.   

1815  Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces on July - 17.   

1817  On July - 17 ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

1821  Spain cedes Florida to US on July - 17.   

1826  On July - 17 joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65   

1827  Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) on July - 17.   

1830  On July - 17 eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)   

1832  Johan August Soderman, composer on this day in history.   

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on July - 17.   

1839  Friedrich Gernsheim, composer on July - 17.   

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.   

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1531  On this day in history death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)