Page 2: Historical Events In July - 17

1704  On this day in history pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer   

1709  On July - 17 pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60   

1712  England, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th] on this day in history.   

1727  On July - 17 simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor   

1740  Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV on this day in history.   

1744  On July - 17 elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1746  On July - 17 anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53   

1753  On July - 17 andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies   

1762  Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia on this day in history.   

1762  On July - 17 peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34   

1763  The birth of John Jacob Astor, US millionaire on July - 17.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education on July - 17.   

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1764  On July - 17 johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82   

1774  Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata) on July - 17.   

1775  The first military hospital approved on this day in history.   

1775  1st military hospital approved on this day in history.   

1775  On July - 17 august Harder, composer   

1788  Russian fleet destroys Swedish on this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing as many as 50 people.   

1793  Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on July - 17.   

1794  African Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated on July - 17.   

1794  On July - 17 richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church   

1794  On July - 17 jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45   

1804  On this day in history christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80   

1815  On July - 17 napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.   

1817  On this day in history ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

1821  On this day in history spain cedes Florida to US   

1826  Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65 on July - 17.   

1827  Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) on July - 17.   

1830  Eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator) on July - 17.   

1832  Johan August Soderman, composer on this day in history.   

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history friedrich Gernsheim, composer   

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1487  On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.   

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.