Page 2: Historical Events In August - 17

1787  On August - 17 jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups   

1788  On this day in history losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded   

1792  On August - 17 jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38   

1795  On August - 17 slave revolt at Knip plantation, Curacao   

1796  On this day in history english beat Bataafs navy in Saldanha Bay   

1804  On August - 17 barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies   

1807  On August - 17 robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River   

1808  On August - 17 napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain   

1811  On this day in history johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will)   

1812  Frigate President captures British schooner L'Adeline in North Atlantic on August - 17.   

1817  On this day in history joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71)   

1819  On August - 17 james Henry Van Alen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886   

1827  On August - 17 dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord   

1828  George William Warren, composer on this day in history.   

1834  Charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile on this day in history.   

1834  Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (Leie/Rubens Cantata) on this day in history.   

1835  On August - 17 solymon Merrick patents wrench   

1836  British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death on this day in history.   

1839  On August - 17 hubert Platt Main, composer   

1840  On August - 17 wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League)   

1841  On August - 17 luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet   

1844  On August - 17 menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913)   

1846  US takes Los Angeles on August - 17.   

1846  US fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California on this day in history.   

1850  On August - 17 jose de San Martin, liberator of Chile, dies.   

1850  Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist   

1856  On this day in history violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master)   

1858  1st bank in Hawaii opens on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history circus acrobat Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.   

1859  1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind on this day in history.   

1862  On August - 17 confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky   

1863  On this day in history federal batteries &ships bombard Fort Sumter, Charleston   

1863  On this day in history federal batteries & ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1601  On August - 17 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 August - 17 birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on August - 17.   

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

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

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

1536  On this day in history death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

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

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