Page 3: Historical Events In December - 17

1833  On this day in history james Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1893   

1833  On December - 17 kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21   

1835  On December - 17 alexander E Agassiz, US, businessman/biologist/geology   

1838  On this day in history berthold Tours, composer   

1840  Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups)   

1843  On this day in history a Christmas Carol', by Charles Dickens, is published   

1843  On December - 17 charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is first published.   

1848  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer on this day in history.   

1852  The first Hawaiian cavalry organized on December - 17.   

1852  1st Hawaiian cavalry organized on this day in history.   

1853  Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby) on December - 17.   

1860  Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County on this day in history.   

1861  On December - 17 fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer   

1862  On December - 17 general US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee   

1862  Gen US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history ion Vidu, composer   

1864  On December - 17 john Felix August Korling, composer   

1865  On this day in history franz Schubert's "Unvolendete" Symphony," premieres   

1869  Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer on this day in history.   

1870  Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75 on December - 17.   

1873  Ford Madox Ford, England, novelist/editor (Inheritors) on December - 17.   

1874  On December - 17 william Lyon Mackenzie King, (L), 10th Canadian PM (1921-30, 1935-48)   

1875  On December - 17 violent bread riots in Montreal   

1881  Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent) on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62   

1885  France declares Madagascar a protectorate on December - 17.   

1887  Georges Feydeaus' "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1891  On December - 17 robertson Hare, London England, actor (Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge)   

1891  On December - 17 msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle   

1892  On December - 17 tsjaikovski's ballet "Casse-noisette," premieres in St Petersburg   

1893  On this day in history russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France   

1893  Erwin Piscator, German stage director (Der Stellvertreter) on December - 17.   

1893  On this day in history levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

1267  On December - 17 birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

1554  On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer   

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on this day in history.   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.   

1195  On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

1213  On this day in history jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  On this day in history death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.