Historical Events In February - 17

0364  On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1370  On February - 17 battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania   

1371  Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist on this day in history.   

1490  On this day in history charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1500  On this day in history battle of Hemmingstedt.   

1568  Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace on this day in history.   

1583  On February - 17 j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1598  Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia on February - 17.   

1600  On February - 17 philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy.   

1600  On February - 17 giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1612  On this day in history ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57   

1621  Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony on February - 17.   

1634  William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) on February - 17.   

1654  Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on February - 17.   

1667  On February - 17 georg Bronner, composer   

1670  France & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty on this day in history.   

1673  Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies on February - 17.   

1675  Johann Melchior Conradi, composer on February - 17.   

1676  On this day in history kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty   

1688  On this day in history rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian   

1691  On February - 17 thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service   

1696  On February - 17 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer   

1697  Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer on February - 17.   

1699  Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci) on February - 17.   

1714  On February - 17 parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree   

1715  Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1723  Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination on February - 17.   

1732  On this day in history louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63   

1740  Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist on February - 17.   

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1444  On this day in history birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

1490  On February - 17 birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on this day in history.   

1581  Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on February - 17.   

1583  On this day in history birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

1653  On February - 17 birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.   

0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1339  On this day in history death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)