Page 3: Historical Events In March - 17

1820  Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1824  England and Netherlands sign a trade agreement on March - 17.   

1824  On this day in history england & Netherlands sign a trade agreement   

1825  On this day in history rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)   

1826  On this day in history oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)   

1828  On March - 17 patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1829  Ottawa Ontario 200 Irish canal navvies riot on St. Patricks Day; one killed and many wounded on March - 17.   

1832  On March - 17 moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)   

1833  On this day in history phoenix Society forms (New York)   

1833  On March - 17 phoenix Society forms (NY)   

1834  Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle on this day in history.   

1836  On March - 17 texas abolishes slavery   

1839  Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) on March - 17.   

1842  Indians land in Ohio, a 12²-mile area in Upper Sandusky on March - 17.   

1842  Indians land in Ohio, a 12 square mile area in Upper Sandusky on this day in history.   

1845  Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour on this day in history.   

1845  Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London on March - 17.   

1846  On March - 17 kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)   

1846  On this day in history f W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies   

1847  On March - 17 dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Macbeth" is produced (Florence)   

1847  On this day in history "Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence   

1848  Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer on March - 17.   

1849  On March - 17 willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56   

1853  Christian Doppler, physicist, dies on March - 17.   

1854  On this day in history 1st park land purchased by a US city, Worcester, Mass   

1855  On this day in history ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65   

1857  Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1858  Toronto Ontario St. Patricks Day riot breaks out during parade; one man fatally stabbed on this day in history.   

1860  On March - 17 japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic]   

1861  Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed on March - 17.   

1861  On this day in history petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56   

1862  On this day in history fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62   

1863  On March - 17 battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities)   

1863  Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities) on this day in history.   

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1231  Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on March - 17.   

1473  On this day in history birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)   

1578  Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on March - 17.   

1628  Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on this day in history.   

1664  On this day in history birth of georg Osterreich, composer   

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on March - 17.   

1676  On March - 17 birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)   

1685  Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter was born on March - 17.   

0180  On March - 17 antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58   

0461  St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend) on March - 17.   

0659  Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 on this day in history.   

1040  On this day in history harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies   

1058  On March - 17 death of king Lulach I of Scotland   

1199  On March - 17 death of jocelin, bishop of Glasgow   

1272  Death of Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220) on March - 17.   

1425  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407)