Page 2: Historical Events In June - 17

1719  Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47 on June - 17.   

1725  On June - 17 joseph Anton Bauer, composer   

1734  On this day in history french troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine   

1734  On June - 17 duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle   

1742  On this day in history william Hooper, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence)   

1745  American colonials capture the French fort Louisburg on Cape Breton Island on this day in history.   

1745  American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French on this day in history.   

1750  Michel Woldemar, composer on this day in history.   

1756  On June - 17 pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public   

1773  On June - 17 cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar   

1775  On June - 17 battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill)   

1789  On this day in history 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly   

1797  Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed on June - 17.   

1810  F Freiligrath, writer on June - 17.   

1811  On June - 17 jon Sigurdsson, Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends   

1815  On this day in history stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda   

1815  On June - 17 hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle   

1817  On this day in history thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

1818  Charles Francois Gounod, Paris France, opera composer (Faust) on this day in history.   

1823  On June - 17 the waterproof material for raincoats patented by Charles Macintosh   

1823  On this day in history john Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903   

1824  On June - 17 bureau of Indian Affairs established   

1828  On June - 17 jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian   

1830  Rochard Montgomery Gano, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1913 on June - 17.   

1832  William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium) on this day in history.   

1833  USS Delaware enters drydock at Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, VA, the first warship to enter a public drydock in the United States on this day in history.   

1837  On June - 17 charles Goodyear obtains his first rubber patent   

1837  Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent on this day in history.   

1837  Vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1838  Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Kapala-Kundala) on this day in history.   

1839  In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is later established as a result on this day in history.   

1845  Hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker on this day in history.   

1850  Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die) on June - 17.   

1855  On this day in history heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed   

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1239  On June - 17 birth of edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England   

1603  On June - 17 birth of joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)   

1604  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House) was born on this day in history.   

1682  On this day in history birth of charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)   

1691  On this day in history birth of giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)   

1693  On June - 17 birth of johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)   

1703  John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists) was born on June - 17.   

1704  John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.   

0656  Death of Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered on June - 17.   

0676  On this day in history adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies   

0855  Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies on this day in history.   

1091  Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies on June - 17.   

1119  Boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies on this day in history.   

1463  On this day in history death of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436)   

1501  On June - 17 jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies   

1565  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)