Page 3: Historical Events In May - 17
Saturday, 18 January 2025
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 On this day in history ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)
1808 On this day in history charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer
1809 Papal States annexed by France on May - 17.
1809 Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies on this day in history.
1812 Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 on this day in history.
1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day) on May - 17.
1814 On May - 17 norwegian constitution passed by constituent assembly at Eidsvoll
1814 On this day in history denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day)
1819 On May - 17 johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer
1823 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer on May - 17.
1836 On this day in history joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)
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 On this day in history rubber band patents
1846 Saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax on May - 17.
1846 On May - 17 edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle
1848 On this day in history premier Earl Schimmelpenninck resigns
1849 On May - 17 fire destroy Centrum in St Louis MO
1849 Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis Missouri on this day in history.
1850 Antonio Scontrino, composer on this day in history.
1851 Saint John New Brunswick, the launch of the sailing ship Marco Polo; reputed to be the fastest ship in the world on May - 17.
1851 Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31 on this day in history.
1853 On May - 17 thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election
1859 Australian Rules Football first 'laws of the game' published on this day in history.
1860 German football club TSV 1860 München is founded on May - 17.
1862 Battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities on this day in history.
1863 On this day in history battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, MS on this day in history.
1864 On May - 17 battle of Adairsville GA, Union forces Confederates to retreat
1864 Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat on May - 17.
1864 N Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1865 The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established on May - 17.
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