Historical Events In August - 17

0682  St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 17.   

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on this day in history.   

1180  Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira on August - 17.   

1227  Death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan on August - 17.   

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on August - 17.   

1498  Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess on August - 17.   

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

1536  Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on August - 17.   

1544  Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France on August - 17.   

1553  On August - 17 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

1563  King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult on this day in history.   

1577  On August - 17 peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots   

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

1585  Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma on August - 17.   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) on August - 17.   

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

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

1635  On August - 17 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 August - 17 nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

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

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) on this day in history.   

1730  On this day in history mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61   

1731  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on August - 17.   

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

1775  Philippe Libon, composer on this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54   

1779  On August - 17 franz de Paula Roser, composer   

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  Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo) on this day in history.   

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

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1473  On August - 17 birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  On this day in history birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on August - 17.   

1601  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  On August - 17 birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on August - 17.   

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

1753  On August - 17 birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

0754  On August - 17 karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on this day in history.   

1304  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on this day in history.   

1464  On this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1510  On this day in history death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.   

1553  On this day in history charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

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