Historical Events In July - 17

1841  On this day in history british humor magazine "Punch" first published   

1841  British humor magazine "Punch" 1st published on July - 17.   

1850  Harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (Vega) on this day in history.   

1850  Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega) on July - 17.   

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history francesco Fanciulli, composer   

1856  On July - 17 sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila)   

1859  On July - 17 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 July - 17 naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition   

1863  Battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory on July - 17.   

1863  On July - 17 battle of Honey Springs   

1863  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)   

1875  Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer on this day in history.   

1875  Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1876  On July - 17 maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat   

1878  Henri Zagwijn, composer on July - 17.   

1878  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 on July - 17.   

1879  On July - 17 the first railroad opens in Hawaii   

1879  1st railroad opens in Hawaii on July - 17.   

1883  On July - 17 bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)   

1885  Benjamin James Dale, composer on July - 17.   

1888  Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) on this day in history.   

1889  Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason) on July - 17.   

1890  Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony on July - 17.   

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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  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

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

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

0656  On July - 17 death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.   

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

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.   

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

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

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