Page 3: Historical Events In July - 17

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

1841  On July - 17 british humor magazine "Punch" 1st published   

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  On July - 17 beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37   

1853  Francesco Fanciulli, composer on July - 17.   

1856  Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila) on July - 17.   

1859  Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party) on this day in history.   

1861  Congress authorizes paper money on this day in history.   

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  On July - 17 cSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood   

1864  Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa   

1867  The first permanent university dental school in US, Harvard on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)   

1875  Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer on July - 17.   

1875  Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 on July - 17.   

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

1878  Henri Zagwijn, composer on July - 17.   

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

1879  On this day in history the first railroad opens in Hawaii   

1879  1st railroad opens in Hawaii on this day in history.   

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

1885  On July - 17 benjamin James Dale, composer   

1888  Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966) on July - 17.   

1889  On this day in history erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)   

1890  On July - 17 cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

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  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

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

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

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

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  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

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.