Page 2: Historical Events In May - 17

1673  Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi on this day in history.   

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

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

1695  On this day in history cornelis de Heem, painter, dies   

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  On May - 17 samuel Clarke, theologian, dies   

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 May - 17.   

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 this day in history french army takes Austrian Netherlands   

1749  Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination on May - 17.   

1750  On May - 17 tax revolt in Gorinchem   

1750  -18] Tax revolt in Gorinchem on May - 17.   

1756  Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War) on this day in history.   

1756  On May - 17 the French and Indian War starts today when England declares war on France   

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

1768  On May - 17 caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV   

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

1775  On this day in history american Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada.   

1787  English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes on this day in history.   

1792  24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street on this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1793  In Alberta, Alexander Mackenzie 1764-1820 sights the Rockies on May - 17.   

1794  On this day in history hard frost in southern New England   

1794  Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer on May - 17.   

1796  On May - 17 martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)   

1796  Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history carl Friedrich Zollner, composer   

1803  John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine on this day in history.   

1803  Robert Smith Surtees, novelist on this day in history.   

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1155  On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

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

1444  On this day in history birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.   

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

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

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on May - 17.   

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

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

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  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

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