Historical Events In May - 17

1673  On May - 17 louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi   

1678  On May - 17 king Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty   

1691  On this day in history antoine Court, French reformed theologist   

1695  Cornelis de Heem, painter, dies on May - 17.   

1712  On May - 17 maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands"   

1727  On May - 17 catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies   

1729  Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer   

1733  England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions on May - 17.   

1733  England passes the Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported by the colonies from countries that were not British possessions on this day in history.   

1741  John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6] on May - 17.   

1742  Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians on May - 17.   

1744  On May - 17 french army takes Austrian Netherlands   

1749  Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination on this day in history.   

1750  On May - 17 tax revolt in Gorinchem   

1750  On May - 17 -18] Tax revolt in Gorinchem   

1756  On May - 17 britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War)   

1756  The French and Indian War starts today when England declares war on France on this day in history.   

1757  War speculators raise the prices of bread and meat by 1000%; 4 oz. of bread the daily ration in Quebec on this day in history.   

1768  Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV on this day in history.   

1775  On May - 17 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, US Continental Congress bans trade with Canada. (I wonder what we did?)   

1775  On May - 17 american Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada.   

1787  English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes on May - 17.   

1792  24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street on May - 17.   

1792  On May - 17 the New York Stock Exchange formed today by 24 merchants at 70 Wall Street   

1792  24 merchants form NY Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street on May - 17.   

1793  In Alberta, Alexander Mackenzie 1764-1820 sights the Rockies on this day in history.   

1794  On May - 17 hard frost in southern New England   

1794  On May - 17 anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer   

1796  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) on May - 17.   

1796  On May - 17 jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89   

1800  Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer on May - 17.   

1803  On May - 17 john Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine   

1803  Robert Smith Surtees, novelist on May - 17.   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.   

1443  On May - 17 birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on this day in history.   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.   

1490  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  On this day in history birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  On this day in history birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

1050  On May - 17 guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on May - 17.   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1395  On this day in history death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on May - 17.   

1510  On May - 17 alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

1521  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)