Page 3: Historical Events In July - 17

1841  On July - 17 british humor magazine "Punch" first published   

1841  On this day in history british humor magazine "Punch" 1st published   

1850  On July - 17 harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (Vega)   

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

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on July - 17.   

1853  Francesco Fanciulli, composer on July - 17.   

1856  Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila) on this day in history.   

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

1861  On this day in history congress authorizes paper money   

1862  On this day in history uS army authorized to accept blacks as laborers   

1862  On this day in history 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  Battle of Honey Springs on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1866  On July - 17 italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa   

1867  The first permanent university dental school in US, Harvard on July - 17.   

1867  1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established on July - 17.   

1871  On this day in history lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter   

1871  Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1873  Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer   

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

1876  Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat on this day in history.   

1878  On July - 17 henri Zagwijn, composer   

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

1879  The first railroad opens in Hawaii on July - 17.   

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

1883  Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace) on this day in history.   

1885  On July - 17 benjamin James Dale, composer   

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

1889  On July - 17 erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1744  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

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

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  On July - 17 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 July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.