Historical Events In November - 17

1794  John Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1873 on this day in history.   

1796  On November - 17 battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy   

1796  On November - 17 battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy   

1796  Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 on November - 17.   

1798  On this day in history -21) Snow storms in New England, 100s die   

1799  On this day in history titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology)   

1800  On November - 17 congress held first session in Washington DC   

1800  On November - 17 the United States Congress meets for the first time   

1800  Congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building on this day in history.   

1808  Alberich Zwyssig, composer on this day in history.   

1812  Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi on this day in history.   

1814  On November - 17 joseph Finegan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

1816  August W Ambros, Austria musicologist (History of Music) on this day in history.   

1818  On November - 17 charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies   

1826  On November - 17 john McArthur, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

1826  Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1827  On November - 17 the Delta Phi fraternity, America's oldest continuous social fraternity, was founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York.   

1831  On this day in history ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.   

1834  On November - 17 stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1837  David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao on this day in history.   

1839  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberte Conti Di," premieres in Milan on November - 17.   

1842  Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston on this day in history.   

1848  On November - 17 jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies   

1853  Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections on November - 17.   

1854  Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17) on this day in history.   

1855  On November - 17 david Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.   

1856  On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase on November - 17.   

1856  On November - 17 william Knyvett, composer, dies at 77   

1858  Origin of Modified Julian Period on November - 17.   

1859  On November - 17 gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer   

1862  On this day in history confederate Secretary of War George B Randolph resigns   

1862  On this day in history confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns   

1862  Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63 on November - 17.   

1863  -Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, TN on this day in history.   

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0009  On November - 17 birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)   

1502  On this day in history birth of atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)   

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on November - 17.   

1576  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on November - 17.   

1594  On November - 17 birth of johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)   

1612  On November - 17 birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)   

1681  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

1685  On November - 17 birth of pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)   

0375  Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 on November - 17.   

0474  Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on this day in history.   

0594  Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on November - 17.   

0641  Death of Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) on this day in history.   

0680  Death of Hilda of Whitby (b. 614) on this day in history.   

0885  On November - 17 death of queen Liutgard   

1093  On November - 17 margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies   

1231  Death of Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207) on November - 17.