Historical Events In July - 17

1704  Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on July - 17.   

1709  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1712  On July - 17 england, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th]   

1727  Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor on July - 17.   

1740  On this day in history prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV   

1744  On July - 17 elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1746  On this day in history anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53   

1753  On this day in history andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies   

1762  On July - 17 catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.   

1762  On this day in history peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34   

1763  The birth of John Jacob Astor, US millionaire on this day in history.   

1763  On July - 17 johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on July - 17.   

1764  Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1774  Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata) on July - 17.   

1775  On this day in history the first military hospital approved   

1775  1st military hospital approved on July - 17.   

1775  On July - 17 august Harder, composer   

1788  On this day in history russian fleet destroys Swedish   

1791  On July - 17 members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing as many as 50 people.   

1793  Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on this day in history.   

1794  African Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated on this day in history.   

1794  Richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church on July - 17.   

1794  On this day in history jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45   

1804  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.   

1817  Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history spain cedes Florida to US   

1826  Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1827  On July - 17 frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)   

1830  Eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator) on this day in history.   

1832  Johan August Soderman, composer on July - 17.   

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on July - 17.   

1839  On this day in history friedrich Gernsheim, composer   

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1487  On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.   

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.