Historical Events In August - 17

0682  On this day in history st Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

1180  Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira on this day in history.   

1227  Death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan on this day in history.   

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

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  On August - 17 pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1544  On August - 17 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 August - 17.   

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

1585  On August - 17 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 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  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608] on August - 17.   

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

1648  On August - 17 -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish   

1676  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on August - 17.   

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 this day in history france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement   

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

1730  Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history philippe Libon, composer   

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

1779  Franz de Paula Roser, composer on this day in history.   

1785  On August - 17 jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies   

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

1786  Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo) on August - 17.   

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

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

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

1586  On this day in history birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on this day in history.   

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 17.   

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 August - 17.   

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

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

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

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