Historical Events In February - 17

1747  On February - 17 narciso Casanovas, composer   

1752  On this day in history friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)   

1754  Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer on February - 17.   

1758  On this day in history john Pinkerton, Scottish historian   

1766  The birth of Thomas Malthus, English economist on February - 17.   

1772  On this day in history 1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria   

1774  Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of Roman Empire" published   

1781  On this day in history rené-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)   

1791  Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra) on February - 17.   

1795  Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history giovanni Pacini, composer   

1796  James Macpherson, poet, dies on this day in history.   

1801  On February - 17 house breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr   

1804  Samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 on February - 17.   

1814  Battle of Mormans on February - 17.   

1815  On February - 17 franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59   

1816  On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer   

1817  1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore) on February - 17.   

1818  On this day in history baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)   

1820  On this day in history henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)   

1824  William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903 on this day in history.   

1827  Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1831  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer on this day in history.   

1836  On February - 17 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania   

1837  Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 on this day in history.   

1841  Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont on February - 17.   

1841  On February - 17 ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70   

1844  On February - 17 a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)   

1847  On this day in history william Collins, landscape painter, dies   

1848  On February - 17 toscane gets liberal Constitution   

1849  On this day in history selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter   

1850  Anton Urspruch, composer on this day in history.   

1852  Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies on February - 17.   

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1444  On February - 17 birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

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

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on February - 17.   

1581  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on February - 17.   

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

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

1667  On February - 17 birth of georg Bronner, composer   

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

0956  On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

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

1371  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

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

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

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