Page 4: Historical Events In August - 17

1896  On this day in history george Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon   

1896  Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas) on August - 17.   

1896  Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on August - 17.   

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

1898  On this day in history gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian   

1898  Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 17 quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)   

1901  Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.   

1903  Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U & begins Pulitzer Prizes on this day in history.   

1903  On August - 17 abram Chasins, composer   

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

1905  Dutch govt of De Master begins on August - 17.   

1905  On August - 17 john Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67)   

1906  Hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer on this day in history.   

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

1907  On August - 17 marian Viktorovich Koval, composer   

1908  Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery on this day in history.   

1908  On August - 17 b Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC   

1908  Kurt Hessenberg, composer on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78   

1910  Eric Aaltonen, composer on this day in history.   

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 August - 17 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  On this day in history german troops over run Kovno Lithuiana   

1915  Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia on August - 17.   

1916  Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia on August - 17.   

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  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 17 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  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.   

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

1304  On August - 17 death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

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

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

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