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 February - 17.   

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 February - 17.   

1371  On February - 17 ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1444  Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist on this day in history.   

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

1500  On February - 17 battle of Hemmingstedt.   

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

1583  On February - 17 j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

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  Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

1612  On this day in history ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57   

1621  On this day in history miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony   

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

1652  On February - 17 gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67   

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

1654  On this day in history michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62   

1667  On February - 17 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  Johann Melchior Conradi, composer on this day in history.   

1676  On February - 17 kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty   

1688  Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian on this day in history.   

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

1696  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer on February - 17.   

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

1699  On February - 17 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  On February - 17 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  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on February - 17.   

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on February - 17.   

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  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

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

1667  On February - 17 birth of georg Bronner, composer   

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

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

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

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

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

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