Page 4: Historical Events In August - 17

1896  On August - 17 george Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon   

1896  Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas) on this day in history.   

1896  On August - 17 bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident   

1897  On this day in history w B Purvis patents electric railway switch   

1898  On August - 17 gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian   

1898  Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 on August - 17.   

1900  On this day in history quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)   

1901  Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1903  On August - 17 joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U & begins Pulitzer Prizes   

1903  Abram Chasins, composer on August - 17.   

1904  Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chic White Sox, 6-0 on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history dutch govt of De Master begins   

1905  On this day in history john Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67)   

1906  On this day in history hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer   

1907  Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union on this day in history.   

1907  Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer on this day in history.   

1908  On August - 17 bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery   

1908  On this day in history b Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC   

1908  Kurt Hessenberg, composer on August - 17.   

1909  Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1910  Eric Aaltonen, composer on August - 17.   

1911  On this day in history frederik de Merode, Belgian prince   

1912  Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop on this day in history.   

1913  W. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 17 the Belgian government moves its offices from Brussels to Antwerp.   

1914  On this day in history french troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins   

1914  On this day in history franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55)   

1914  On August - 17 james Grierson, British general   

1915  Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life on August - 17.   

1915  On August - 17 sS Glenby, this Ropner ship was sunk by gunfire from a U boat St. George's Channel. The Germans then machine gunned the survivors in the life boats, killing two and seriously wounding two others   

1915  German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana on August - 17.   

1915  On August - 17 leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia   

1916  On this day in history bulgarian offensive in Macedonia   

1916  On this day in history eleanor Steber, opera singer   

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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  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 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  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  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

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

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

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.