Page 3: Historical Events In July - 17
Monday, 20 January 2025
1841 On this day in history british humor magazine "Punch" first published
1841 British humor magazine "Punch" 1st published on July - 17.
1850 On this day in history harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (Vega)
1850 Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega) on this day in history.
1851 Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on July - 17.
1853 Francesco Fanciulli, composer on this day in history.
1856 Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila) on this day in history.
1859 On this day in history luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)
1861 On July - 17 congress authorizes paper money
1862 US army authorized to accept blacks as laborers on this day in history.
1862 On this day in history naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition
1863 On July - 17 battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory
1863 On July - 17 battle of Honey Springs
1863 On July - 17 james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35
1864 CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood on July - 17.
1864 On July - 17 daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29
1866 Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa on July - 17.
1867 The first permanent university dental school in US, Harvard on this day in history.
1867 On July - 17 1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established
1871 Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter on July - 17.
1871 On July - 17 karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29
1873 Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) on this day in history.
1875 Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer on July - 17.
1875 On July - 17 gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77
1876 Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat on this day in history.
1878 On July - 17 henri Zagwijn, composer
1878 On this day in history aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65
1879 On July - 17 the first railroad opens in Hawaii
1879 1st railroad opens in Hawaii on this day in history.
1883 Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace) on this day in history.
1885 On July - 17 benjamin James Dale, composer
1888 On this day in history shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)
1889 Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason) on July - 17.
1890 Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony on this day in history.
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