Historical Events In February - 17

1885  Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa on this day in history.   

1887  On February - 17 leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) on this day in history.   

1889  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history georg Britting, writer   

1892  On this day in history theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)   

1895  On this day in history anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)   

1896  On this day in history london Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective   

1897  National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) on this day in history.   

1897  On February - 17 johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)   

1898  On this day in history tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt)   

1901  Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)   

1903  On February - 17 johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen   

1903  Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1904  Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

1904  Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe) on February - 17.   

1905  Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall on this day in history.   

1905  On February - 17 serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered   

1906  On February - 17 theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House   

1906  On this day in history galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)   

1907  On this day in history alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)   

1907  On this day in history henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies   

1908  On February - 17 staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place)   

1908  On February - 17 geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79   

1909  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS] on February - 17.   

1910  On February - 17 ai Qing, poet   

1911  On February - 17 1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego)   

1911  Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising) on this day in history.   

1912  Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1913  New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to American public. The show is considered "shocking" and calls to close it are made on February - 17.   

1913  1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon) on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director   

1914  Albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary 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 this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1646  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1609  On February - 17 death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)