Page 3: Historical Events In September - 17

1819  On September - 17 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii   

1819  Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, physicist (pendulum proved Earth rotates) on this day in history.   

1820  Earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on September - 17.   

1820  Henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76 on September - 17.   

1821  On this day in history charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer   

1823  Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 on September - 17.   

1824  On this day in history giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91   

1825  On September - 17 lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893   

1826  G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function) on this day in history.   

1834  Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer on this day in history.   

1835  On September - 17 charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago   

1839  Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies on this day in history.   

1846  Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1849  Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer on September - 17.   

1850  Great fire in San Francisco on September - 17.   

1853  Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie) on September - 17.   

1854  On September - 17 hans Muller, music historian   

1857  Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research on this day in history.   

1858  Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America   

1859  On this day in history frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator   

1861  1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia on September - 17.   

1861  On September - 17 owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch)   

1862  Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals on September - 17.   

1862  Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 on September - 17.   

1863  Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies   

1864  On this day in history grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign   

1864  On this day in history walter Savage Landor, author, dies   

1868  On this day in history roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies   

1869  On this day in history christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921)   

1869  Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies on this day in history.   

1871  Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens on this day in history.   

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1192  On September - 17 birth of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)   

1271  Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305) was born on this day in history.   

1550  Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history birth of paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21)   

1580  On this day in history birth of charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange   

1605  On this day in history birth of francesco Sacrati, composer   

1619  On this day in history birth of john Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader   

1630  On September - 17 birth of ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)   

1179  Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1312  On September - 17 ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26   

1322  On this day in history death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)   

1422  Death of Constantine II of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1563  On this day in history death of henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier   

1574  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history death of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504)   

1604  Lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.