Page 2: Historical Events In May - 17

1673  Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi on May - 17.   

1678  On May - 17 king Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty   

1691  On this day in history antoine Court, French reformed theologist   

1695  Cornelis de Heem, painter, dies on May - 17.   

1712  On this day in history maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands"   

1727  On May - 17 catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies   

1729  Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies on this day in history.   

1732  On May - 17 francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer   

1733  England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions on May - 17.   

1733  England passes the Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported by the colonies from countries that were not British possessions on this day in history.   

1741  John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6] on May - 17.   

1742  Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians on this day in history.   

1744  French army takes Austrian Netherlands on this day in history.   

1749  On this day in history edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination   

1750  On this day in history tax revolt in Gorinchem   

1750  -18] Tax revolt in Gorinchem on this day in history.   

1756  On May - 17 britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War)   

1756  On this day in history the French and Indian War starts today when England declares war on France   

1757  On this day in history war speculators raise the prices of bread and meat by 1000%; 4 oz. of bread the daily ration in Quebec.   

1768  Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV on this day in history.   

1775  In Philadelphia Pennsylvania, US Continental Congress bans trade with Canada. (I wonder what we did?) on May - 17.   

1775  On May - 17 american Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada.   

1787  On this day in history english slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes   

1792  On May - 17 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street   

1792  The New York Stock Exchange formed today by 24 merchants at 70 Wall Street on this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history 24 merchants form NY Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street   

1793  On May - 17 in Alberta, Alexander Mackenzie 1764-1820 sights the Rockies.   

1794  On this day in history hard frost in southern New England   

1794  On this day in history anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer   

1796  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) on May - 17.   

1796  Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89 on May - 17.   

1800  On this day in history carl Friedrich Zollner, composer   

1803  On May - 17 john Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine   

1803  Robert Smith Surtees, novelist on May - 17.   

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1155  On May - 17 birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on May - 17.   

1444  On May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  On this day in history birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on May - 17.   

1551  On this day in history birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on May - 17.   

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on May - 17.   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.   

1395  On this day in history death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on this day in history.   

1510  On this day in history alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on this day in history.