Historical Events In August - 17

0682  St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1498  On this day in history cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess   

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

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

1544  Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France on this day in history.   

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

1563  On this day in history king Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult   

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

1579  On this day in history francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608]   

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

1676  On August - 17 grimmelshausen, writer, dies   

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  On August - 17 charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

1730  On August - 17 mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61   

1731  On August - 17 johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57   

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

1775  Philippe Libon, composer on August - 17.   

1777  Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1779  On August - 17 franz de Paula Roser, composer   

1785  On this day in history jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies   

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

1786  On August - 17 davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo)   

1786  On August - 17 frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

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

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

1153  On August - 17 death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

1304  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on August - 17.   

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

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

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

1635  On August - 17 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48