Page 3: Historical Events In 1817

May 16   Mississippi River steamboat service begins in the year 1817.   

May 18   On this day in history james William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

May 21   Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1817.   

May 31   On this day in history edouard Deldevez, composer   

Jun 17   On this day in history thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

Jun 18   In the year 1817 joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies   

Jun 21   In the year 1817 james Brewerton Ricketts, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887   

Jun 23   On this day in history otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63   

Jun 24   1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast in the year 1817.   

Jun 24   The first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   On this day in history abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist   

Jun 30   On this day in history joseph D Hooker, British botanist   

Jul 04   On this day in history construction on Erie Canal begins   

Jul 12   In the year 1817 1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)   

Jul 12   On this day in history henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond)   

Jul 12   In the year 1817 the birth of Henry Thoreau, American author   

Jul 12   In the year 1817 the first flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)   

Jul 15   John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway) in the year 1817.   

Jul 17   In the year 1817 ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

Jul 18   In the year 1817 jane Austen, writer, dies   

Jul 19   Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union) in the year 1817.   

Jul 21   On this day in history john Gilbert, painter/illustrator   

Jul 24   On this day in history adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905)   

Jul 29   James Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer in the year 1817.   

Jul 31   In the year 1817 philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894   

Aug 03   On this day in history albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza)   

Aug 13   In the year 1817 karoly Thern, composer   

Aug 16   In the year 1817 henry Winter Davis, MC (Union), died in 1865   

Aug 17   Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71) in the year 1817.   

Aug 18   Gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore on this day in history.   

Aug 24   In the year 1817 aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]   

Sep 05   Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [NS] on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist   

Jan 08   John Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893) was born in the year 1817.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna)   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871   

Jan 18   Jacques Gregoir, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 02   John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid) was born in the year 1817.   

Jan 01   On this day in history martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73   

Jan 12   In the year 1817 death of juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)   

Jan 14   Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1817.   

Jan 16   On this day in history antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

Jan 28   Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   In the year 1817 franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54   

Feb 18   In the year 1817 giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72   

Feb 20   In the year 1817 martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27