Historical Events In August - 17
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
0682 St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 17.
0754 On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39
1180 Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira on August - 17.
1227 Death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan on August - 17.
1464 On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies
1498 On this day in history cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess
1510 On this day in history edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded
1536 Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.
1544 Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France on this day in history.
1553 Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on August - 17.
1563 On this day in history king Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult
1577 Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots on August - 17.
1579 Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I on this day in history.
1585 On August - 17 antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma
1586 On August - 17 johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)
1590 John White returns to Roanoke, Virginia to find no trace of colonist's he had left there 3 yrs earlier [or Aug 18, 1591] on this day in history.
1607 Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608] on this day in history.
1635 On August - 17 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48
1648 On this day in history -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish
1676 Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on this day in history.
1681 On this day in history nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76
1686 Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer on this day in history.
1717 On this day in history france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement
1720 On August - 17 charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)
1730 Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.
1731 Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1743 On August - 17 sweden & Russia sign peace treaty
1775 On this day in history philippe Libon, composer
1777 On August - 17 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
1779 On August - 17 franz de Paula Roser, composer
1785 On this day in history jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies
1786 The birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo on this day in history.
1786 Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo) on August - 17.
1786 On August - 17 frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74
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