Page 4: Historical Events In February - 17

1885  On February - 17 bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa   

1887  On this day in history leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

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

1889  On February - 17 h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire   

1891  On February - 17 georg Britting, writer   

1892  Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad) on this day in history.   

1895  Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) on February - 17.   

1896  London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective on this day in history.   

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 February - 17.   

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

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

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

1903  On February - 17 joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61   

1904  On this day in history giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan   

1904  On this day in history albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe)   

1905  Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall on February - 17.   

1905  Serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered on this day in history.   

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 February - 17 henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies   

1908  Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place) on February - 17.   

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

1909  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS] on this day in history.   

1910  On February - 17 ai Qing, poet   

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

1911  On this day in history arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising)   

1912  Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57 on February - 17.   

1913  On this day in history new York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to American public. The show is considered "shocking" and calls to close it are made   

1913  On February - 17 1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)   

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

1914  Albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary on February - 17.   

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

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

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 February - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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