Page 3: Historical Events In July - 17

1841  On July - 17 british humor magazine "Punch" first published   

1841  On July - 17 british humor magazine "Punch" 1st published   

1850  Harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (Vega) on this day in history.   

1850  Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega) on this day in history.   

1851  On July - 17 beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37   

1853  On this day in history francesco Fanciulli, composer   

1856  Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila) on July - 17.   

1859  On this day in history luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)   

1861  Congress authorizes paper money on July - 17.   

1862  On this day in history uS army authorized to accept blacks as laborers   

1862  Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition on July - 17.   

1863  Battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Honey Springs   

1863  On July - 17 james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35   

1864  CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood on July - 17.   

1864  Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1866  Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa on July - 17.   

1867  On July - 17 the first permanent university dental school in US, Harvard   

1867  1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established on July - 17.   

1871  Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter on July - 17.   

1871  Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1873  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) on July - 17.   

1875  On this day in history donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer   

1875  Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 on July - 17.   

1876  On this day in history maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat   

1878  Henri Zagwijn, composer on this day in history.   

1878  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1879  The first railroad opens in Hawaii on this day in history.   

1879  On July - 17 1st railroad opens in Hawaii   

1883  Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace) on July - 17.   

1885  On July - 17 benjamin James Dale, composer   

1888  Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) on this day in history.   

1889  On July - 17 erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)   

1890  On July - 17 cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony   

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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  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

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  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

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

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

1763  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

1453  On this day in history death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.