Historical Events In February - 17

0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.   

0440  On this day in history mesrop Mashtots   

0956  On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1370  Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania on this day in history.   

1371  Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

1444  On this day in history rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) on this day in history.   

1500  Battle of Hemmingstedt on February - 17.   

1568  On February - 17 holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace   

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

1598  Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia on February - 17.   

1600  Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy on February - 17.   

1600  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) on February - 17.   

1654  On February - 17 michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62   

1667  On this day in history georg Bronner, composer   

1670  France & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty on this day in history.   

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

1675  On this day in history johann Melchior Conradi, composer   

1676  Kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty on this day in history.   

1688  Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian on February - 17.   

1691  Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service on February - 17.   

1696  On this day in history baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer   

1697  Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer on February - 17.   

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

1714  On this day in history parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree   

1715  On February - 17 antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68   

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

1732  On this day in history louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63   

1740  On this day in history horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist   

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

1490  On February - 17 birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1519  On February - 17 birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  On February - 17 birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

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

1646  On this day in history birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

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

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on February - 17.   

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

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

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  On this day in history death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

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

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on this day in history.