Page 2: Historical Events In July - 17

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

1709  On this day in history pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60   

1712  England, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th] on July - 17.   

1727  Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor on July - 17.   

1740  Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV on July - 17.   

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  Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies on this day in history.   

1762  Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia on July - 17.   

1762  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on July - 17.   

1763  On this day in history the birth of John Jacob Astor, US millionaire   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education on this day in history.   

1763  On July - 17 wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45   

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  On this day in history 1st military hospital approved   

1775  August Harder, composer on this day in history.   

1788  On July - 17 russian fleet destroys Swedish   

1791  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 on July - 17.   

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

1794  On this day in history african Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated   

1794  On this day in history richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church   

1794  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1804  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1815  Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces on this day in history.   

1817  On July - 17 ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

1821  Spain cedes Florida to US on July - 17.   

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  On this day in history johan August Soderman, composer   

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on July - 17.   

1839  Friedrich Gernsheim, composer on this day in history.   

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

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

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

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

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.   

0924  On this day in history 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 this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  On this day in history death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)