Page 2: Historical Events In August - 17

1787  On this day in history jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups   

1788  On August - 17 losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded   

1792  Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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

1796  English beat Bataafs navy in Saldanha Bay on this day in history.   

1804  Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies on August - 17.   

1807  Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River on this day in history.   

1808  Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain on this day in history.   

1811  Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will) on this day in history.   

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

1817  On August - 17 joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71)   

1819  James Henry Van Alen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 on this day in history.   

1827  Dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord on this day in history.   

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

1834  On August - 17 charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile   

1834  On this day in history peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (Leie/Rubens Cantata)   

1835  On August - 17 solymon Merrick patents wrench   

1836  On August - 17 british parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death   

1839  On August - 17 hubert Platt Main, composer   

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

1841  On this day in history 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 August - 17.   

1850  Jose de San Martin, liberator of Chile, dies on August - 17.   

1850  On this day in history jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies   

1851  Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist on August - 17.   

1856  Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master) on this day in history.   

1858  1st bank in Hawaii opens on August - 17.   

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

1859  On August - 17 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind   

1862  Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky on this day in history.   

1863  Federal batteries &ships bombard Fort Sumter, Charleston on August - 17.   

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

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1473  On this day in history birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  On August - 17 birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

1586  On August - 17 birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on August - 17.   

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on August - 17.   

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  On this day in history birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

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

1153  On this day in history death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

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

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

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

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

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

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