Page 4: Historical Events In February - 17

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

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

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

1891  Georg Britting, writer on this day in history.   

1892  Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad) on February - 17.   

1895  On February - 17 anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)   

1896  On February - 17 london Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective   

1897  National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) on February - 17.   

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

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

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

1902  On February - 17 marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)   

1903  Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61   

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 February - 17.   

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

1906  Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House on February - 17.   

1906  Galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75) on February - 17.   

1907  On February - 17 alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)   

1907  Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies on this day in history.   

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

1908  Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 on this day in history.   

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

1910  On February - 17 ai Qing, poet   

1911  1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego) on this day in history.   

1911  On February - 17 arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising)   

1912  On this day in history aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57   

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

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

1913  On February - 17 josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director   

1914  On this day in history albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary   

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

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

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on this day in history.   

1581  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

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

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

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

1667  On this day in history birth of georg Bronner, composer   

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

0440  On February - 17 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  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

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

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)