Historical Events In May - 17

1804  On this day in history lewis & Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase   

1804  On this day in history lewis & Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase   

1804  Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) on this day in history.   

1808  Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer on this day in history.   

1809  Papal States annexed by France on May - 17.   

1809  On this day in history leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies   

1812  On this day in history joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880   

1814  On this day in history denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day)   

1814  On this day in history norwegian constitution passed by constituent assembly at Eidsvoll   

1814  On this day in history denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day)   

1819  Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer on May - 17.   

1823  On this day in history charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer   

1836  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) on May - 17.   

1837  Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly) on May - 17.   

1840  On this day in history niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57   

1845  Rubber band patents on this day in history.   

1846  Saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax on this day in history.   

1846  Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle on May - 17.   

1848  Premier Earl Schimmelpenninck resigns on May - 17.   

1849  Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis MO on May - 17.   

1849  On this day in history fire destroy Centrum in St Louis Missouri   

1850  Antonio Scontrino, composer on this day in history.   

1851  On May - 17 saint John New Brunswick, the launch of the sailing ship Marco Polo; reputed to be the fastest ship in the world.   

1851  On this day in history jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31   

1853  Thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election on May - 17.   

1859  Australian Rules Football first 'laws of the game' published on May - 17.   

1860  German football club TSV 1860 München is founded on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities on May - 17.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi   

1863  On May - 17 battle of Big Black River Bridge, MS   

1864  On May - 17 battle of Adairsville GA, Union forces Confederates to retreat   

1864  On May - 17 battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat   

1864  On May - 17 n Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59   

1865  The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established on this day in history.   

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1155  On May - 17 birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  On this day in history birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  On May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

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

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

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  On this day in history guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  On May - 17 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 May - 17.   

1395  On May - 17 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 this day in history 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)