Historical Events In October - 17

1720  On October - 17 maria Teresa Agnesi, composer   

1725  On this day in history john Wilkes, English journalist/MP (N Briton)   

1729  On October - 17 pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer   

1730  On this day in history ernestus Weinrauch, composer   

1734  On October - 17 grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II   

1740  On this day in history ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia   

1748  On this day in history french troops lift siege of English at Pondicherry, India.   

1763  On this day in history arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76   

1777  On October - 17 british General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga, NY   

1777  British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY on this day in history.   

1781  Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown on October - 17.   

1787  Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities on this day in history.   

1797  Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France on this day in history.   

1800  Dutch colony Curacao transfered to England on October - 17.   

1805  On October - 17 napoleon breaks camp at Boulogne, proceeds by forced marches into Germany, forces the surrender October 17 at Ulm of a 30,000-man Austrian army under Baron Karl Mack von Leiberich, 53, and caps the victory by taking Vienna   

1806  Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule on this day in history.   

1806  On October - 17 alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist   

1806  On this day in history jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies   

1808  On this day in history political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw   

1811  On this day in history albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich)   

1814  On October - 17 london Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine.   

1815  On this day in history napoleon arrives in St Helena   

1815  On this day in history emanuel Geibel, writer   

1817  Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan) on October - 17.   

1825  On this day in history 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris   

1825  On this day in history peter Winter, composer, dies at 71   

1829  Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opened on October - 17.   

1829  Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres   

1837  On October - 17 johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58   

1844  Miguel Nieto, composer on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library   

1848  On this day in history william "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball   

1849  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on October - 17.   

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1253  On October - 17 birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on October - 17.   

1577  On this day in history birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on October - 17.   

1626  On this day in history birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  On this day in history birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on this day in history.   

0532  On October - 17 boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

1174  On this day in history death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on October - 17.   

1552  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.   

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on this day in history.   

1660  On October - 17 death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)