Page 3: Historical Events In May - 17

1804  On May - 17 lewis & Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase   

1804  Lewis & Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase on this day in history.   

1804  On May - 17 ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)   

1808  On May - 17 charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer   

1809  On this day in history papal States annexed by France   

1809  Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies on this day in history.   

1812  Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day)   

1814  On May - 17 norwegian constitution passed by constituent assembly at Eidsvoll   

1814  Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day) on May - 17.   

1819  On May - 17 johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer   

1823  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer on May - 17.   

1836  On this day in history joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)   

1837  On this day in history royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly)   

1840  On May - 17 niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57   

1845  On this day in history rubber band patents   

1846  On this day in history saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax   

1846  Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle on this day in history.   

1848  Premier Earl Schimmelpenninck resigns on May - 17.   

1849  On May - 17 fire destroy Centrum in St Louis MO   

1849  On this day in history fire destroy Centrum in St Louis Missouri   

1850  On May - 17 antonio Scontrino, composer   

1851  On May - 17 saint John New Brunswick, the launch of the sailing ship Marco Polo; reputed to be the fastest ship in the world.   

1851  On this day in history jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31   

1853  Thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1859  Australian Rules Football first 'laws of the game' published on May - 17.   

1860  On May - 17 german football club TSV 1860 München is founded   

1862  On May - 17 battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities   

1863  Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi on May - 17.   

1863  On May - 17 battle of Big Black River Bridge, MS   

1864  On this day in history battle of Adairsville GA, Union forces Confederates to retreat   

1864  On this day in history battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat   

1864  On May - 17 n Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59   

1865  The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established on May - 17.   

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1155  On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  On May - 17 birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on this day in history.   

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

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.   

1050  On May - 17 guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  On May - 17 death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  On this day in history death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on this day in history.   

1464  On May - 17 death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)