Page 2: Historical Events In February - 17

1747  On February - 17 narciso Casanovas, composer   

1752  On this day in history friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)   

1754  On February - 17 jan Jachym Kopriva, composer   

1758  John Pinkerton, Scottish historian on this day in history.   

1766  On February - 17 the birth of Thomas Malthus, English economist   

1772  1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria on this day in history.   

1774  Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) on February - 17.   

1776  1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of Roman Empire" published on February - 17.   

1781  On this day in history rené-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)   

1791  On this day in history messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)   

1795  Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England on this day in history.   

1796  Giovanni Pacini, composer on this day in history.   

1796  James Macpherson, poet, dies on February - 17.   

1801  House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr on this day in history.   

1804  Samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 on this day in history.   

1814  Battle of Mormans on February - 17.   

1815  On this day in history franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59   

1816  On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer   

1817  1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore) on this day in history.   

1818  Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle) on February - 17.   

1820  On this day in history henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)   

1824  On this day in history william Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903   

1827  On February - 17 johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81   

1831  On February - 17 francisco Salvador Daniel, composer   

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902   

1841  On this day in history dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont   

1841  Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1844  A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) on this day in history.   

1847  On February - 17 william Collins, landscape painter, dies   

1848  On this day in history toscane gets liberal Constitution   

1849  On February - 17 selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter   

1850  Anton Urspruch, composer on February - 17.   

1852  Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies on this day in history.   

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1444  On February - 17 birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

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  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1653  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

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

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

0956  On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on February - 17.   

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

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history 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 February - 17.