Page 3: Historical Events In September - 17

1819  1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii on this day in history.   

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

1820  On September - 17 earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1820  On this day in history henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76   

1821  Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer on this day in history.   

1823  Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1824  Giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91 on September - 17.   

1825  Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893 on this day in history.   

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

1834  On this day in history edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer   

1835  Charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago on this day in history.   

1839  On September - 17 ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies   

1846  Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84 on September - 17.   

1849  On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer   

1850  On September - 17 great fire in San Francisco   

1853  On this day in history clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie)   

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  Man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America on this day in history.   

1859  Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator on September - 17.   

1861  On this day in history 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia   

1861  On this day in history owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch)   

1862  On September - 17 battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War   

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 this day in history.   

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  Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign on September - 17.   

1864  On September - 17 walter Savage Landor, author, dies   

1868  Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies on this day in history.   

1869  Christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921) on September - 17.   

1869  Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies on September - 17.   

1871  On September - 17 mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens   

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1192  On this day in history birth of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)   

1271  On this day in history birth of wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)   

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 September - 17 birth of charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange   

1605  On September - 17 birth of francesco Sacrati, composer   

1619  John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader was born on September - 17.   

1630  Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694) was born on September - 17.   

1179  Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81 on September - 17.   

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

1322  Death of Robert III of Flanders (b. 1249) on this day in history.   

1422  Death of Constantine II of Bulgaria on September - 17.   

1563  Death of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier on September - 17.   

1574  On this day in history pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies   

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

1604  On September - 17 lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69