Historical Events In February - 17

0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on February - 17.   

0440  Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1370  On this day in history battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania   

1371  On February - 17 ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist on February - 17.   

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) on February - 17.   

1500  Battle of Hemmingstedt on this day in history.   

1568  Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace on February - 17.   

1583  On this day in history j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1598  Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia on this day in history.   

1600  Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy on this day in history.   

1600  On February - 17 giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1612  On February - 17 ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57   

1621  Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony on this day in history.   

1634  William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti on February - 17.   

1652  Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 on February - 17.   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) on this day in history.   

1654  Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history georg Bronner, composer   

1670  France & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty on February - 17.   

1673  On February - 17 moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies   

1675  Johann Melchior Conradi, composer on February - 17.   

1676  Kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty on February - 17.   

1688  On this day in history rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian   

1691  Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service on this day in history.   

1696  On February - 17 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer   

1697  On February - 17 louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer   

1699  On this day in history hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)   

1714  On February - 17 parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree   

1715  Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1723  On February - 17 tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination   

1732  Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on February - 17.   

1740  Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist on February - 17.   

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1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on February - 17.   

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on February - 17.   

1519  On this day in history birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on February - 17.   

1583  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on February - 17.   

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on February - 17.   

1653  On February - 17 birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.   

0364  On February - 17 flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on February - 17.   

1600  On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)