Historical Events In February - 17

1885  Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa on February - 17.   

1887  On February - 17 leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) on February - 17.   

1889  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire on February - 17.   

1891  Georg Britting, writer on February - 17.   

1892  On February - 17 theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)   

1895  Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) on February - 17.   

1896  On this day in history london Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective   

1897  On February - 17 national Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)   

1897  On February - 17 johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)   

1898  On February - 17 tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt)   

1901  On this day in history ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38   

1902  Marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.) on this day in history.   

1903  Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen on February - 17.   

1903  Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61 on February - 17.   

1904  Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

1904  Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe) on February - 17.   

1905  On this day in history frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall   

1905  Serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House   

1906  On this day in history galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)   

1907  On this day in history alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)   

1907  On February - 17 henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies   

1908  On February - 17 staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place)   

1908  Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 on February - 17.   

1909  On February - 17 joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS]   

1910  Ai Qing, poet on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history 1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego)   

1911  Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising) on February - 17.   

1912  Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57 on February - 17.   

1913  On February - 17 new York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to American public. The show is considered "shocking" and calls to close it are made   

1913  1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon) on February - 17.   

1913  On February - 17 josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director   

1914  Albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary on this day in history.   

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1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on February - 17.   

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 February - 17 birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  On February - 17 birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

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

1667  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on February - 17.   

1371  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on February - 17.   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on February - 17.