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 September - 17.   

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

1820  On September - 17 henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76   

1821  On September - 17 charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer   

1823  On September - 17 abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76   

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

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  On this day in history charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago   

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

1846  On September - 17 francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84   

1849  On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer   

1850  Great fire in San Francisco on this day in history.   

1853  On September - 17 clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie)   

1854  On September - 17 hans Muller, music historian   

1857  Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research on September - 17.   

1858  On September - 17 dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies   

1859  Man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America on September - 17.   

1859  Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals   

1862  On this day in history lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41   

1863  Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada on September - 17.   

1863  Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies on September - 17.   

1864  Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign on September - 17.   

1864  Walter Savage Landor, author, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1869  On this day in history peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies   

1871  Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens on September - 17.   

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

1271  On September - 17 birth of wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)   

1550  On this day in history birth of pope Paul V (d. 1621)   

1552  Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on this day in history.   

1580  Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81   

1312  Ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1322  On September - 17 death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)   

1422  On September - 17 death of constantine II of Bulgaria   

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 September - 17.   

1575  Death of Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504) on September - 17.   

1604  On this day in history lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69