Historical Events In May - 17
Sunday, 09 June 2024
1804 On May - 17 lewis & Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase
1804 On May - 17 lewis & Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase
1804 On May - 17 ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)
1808 On this day in history charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer
1809 On May - 17 papal States annexed by France
1809 On May - 17 leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies
1812 Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 on May - 17.
1814 On May - 17 denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day)
1814 On May - 17 norwegian constitution passed by constituent assembly at Eidsvoll
1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day) on this day in history.
1819 Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer on May - 17.
1823 On May - 17 charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer
1836 On this day in history joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)
1837 Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly) on May - 17.
1840 On this day in history niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57
1845 On this day in history rubber band patents
1846 On May - 17 saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax
1846 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history premier Earl Schimmelpenninck resigns
1849 On this day in history fire destroy Centrum in St Louis MO
1849 Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis Missouri on May - 17.
1850 On this day in history antonio Scontrino, composer
1851 On May - 17 saint John New Brunswick, the launch of the sailing ship Marco Polo; reputed to be the fastest ship in the world.
1851 On May - 17 jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31
1853 Thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election on May - 17.
1859 Australian Rules Football first 'laws of the game' published on May - 17.
1860 German football club TSV 1860 München is founded on this day in history.
1862 On May - 17 battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities
1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi on this day in history.
1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, MS on this day in history.
1864 On May - 17 battle of Adairsville GA, Union forces Confederates to retreat
1864 Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat on May - 17.
1864 N Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59 on May - 17.
1865 On May - 17 the International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established.
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