Historical Events In August - 17

0682  On August - 17 st Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.   

1180  On August - 17 yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira   

1227  On this day in history death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan.   

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1498  On August - 17 cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess   

1510  On August - 17 edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  On August - 17 pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1544  On this day in history imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.   

1563  On August - 17 king Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult   

1577  Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots on this day in history.   

1579  Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) on this day in history.   

1590  On August - 17 john White returns to Roanoke, Virginia to find no trace of colonist's he had left there 3 yrs earlier [or Aug 18, 1591]   

1607  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608] on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48   

1648  -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish on this day in history.   

1676  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1681  On August - 17 nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76   

1686  On this day in history nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1717  On August - 17 france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement   

1720  On this day in history charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

1730  Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.   

1731  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1743  Sweden & Russia sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1775  On August - 17 philippe Libon, composer   

1777  On August - 17 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54   

1779  Franz de Paula Roser, composer on August - 17.   

1785  Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies on August - 17.   

1786  On this day in history the birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo   

1786  On this day in history davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo)   

1786  On this day in history frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74   

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1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on August - 17.   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on this day in history.   

1601  On August - 17 birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  On this day in history birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)   

1686  On this day in history birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on August - 17.   

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on this day in history.   

0754  On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on August - 17.   

1304  On August - 17 death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

1464  On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.   

1536  On August - 17 death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on August - 17.   

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on August - 17.