Page 3: Historical Events In 1817

May 16   Mississippi River steamboat service begins on this day in history.   

May 18   In the year 1817 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   Edouard Deldevez, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 17   Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 in the year 1817.   

Jun 18   Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies in the year 1817.   

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

Jun 23   Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jun 24   1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 30   Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist on this day in history.   

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

Jul 04   Construction on Erie Canal begins on this day in history.   

Jul 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history the birth of Henry Thoreau, American author   

Jul 12   The first flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland) on this day in history.   

Jul 15   On this day in history john Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway)   

Jul 17   On this day in history ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

Jul 18   Jane Austen, writer, dies in the year 1817.   

Jul 19   In the year 1817 mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union)   

Jul 21   In the year 1817 john Gilbert, painter/illustrator   

Jul 24   Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905) in the year 1817.   

Jul 29   In the year 1817 james Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

Jul 30   Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer on this day in history.   

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

Aug 03   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza) on this day in history.   

Aug 13   Karoly Thern, composer in the year 1817.   

Aug 16   Henry Winter Davis, MC (Union), died in 1865 in the year 1817.   

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

Sep 05   On this day in history aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [NS]   

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Jan 01   Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist was born in the year 1817.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of john Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867   

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

Jan 14   Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna) was born in the year 1817.   

Jan 15   In the year 1817 birth of lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871   

Jan 18   In the year 1817 birth of jacques Gregoir, composer   

Jan 31   Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia) was born in the year 1817.   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1817 martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73   

Jan 12   Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740) died in the year 1817.   

Jan 14   In the year 1817 pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer, dies at 87   

Jan 16   In the year 1817 antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

Jan 28   Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1817.   

Feb 09   Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 in the year 1817.   

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