Page 2: Historical Events In November - 17

1794  On this day in history john Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1873   

1796  Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy on this day in history.   

1796  On November - 17 battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy   

1796  Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 on November - 17.   

1798  On this day in history -21) Snow storms in New England, 100s die   

1799  On November - 17 titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology)   

1800  On this day in history congress held first session in Washington DC   

1800  On November - 17 the United States Congress meets for the first time   

1800  Congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building on November - 17.   

1808  On November - 17 alberich Zwyssig, composer   

1812  On November - 17 napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi.   

1814  Joseph Finegan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on November - 17.   

1816  On this day in history august W Ambros, Austria musicologist (History of Music)   

1818  On November - 17 charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies   

1826  John McArthur, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 on November - 17.   

1826  On this day in history louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47   

1827  On this day in history the Delta Phi fraternity, America's oldest continuous social fraternity, was founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York.   

1831  On November - 17 ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.   

1834  On November - 17 stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1837  David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao on this day in history.   

1839  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberte Conti Di," premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston   

1848  On November - 17 jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies   

1853  On this day in history street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections   

1854  On November - 17 louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)   

1855  David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe on November - 17.   

1856  On this day in history on the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.   

1856  William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 on November - 17.   

1858  On this day in history origin of Modified Julian Period   

1859  Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer on this day in history.   

1862  On November - 17 confederate Secretary of War George B Randolph resigns   

1862  On this day in history confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns   

1862  Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63 on November - 17.   

1863  -Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, TN on this day in history.   

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0009  On November - 17 birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)   

1502  On this day in history birth of atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)   

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on this day in history.   

1594  On November - 17 birth of johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)   

1612  On November - 17 birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)   

1681  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

1685  Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) was born on this day in history.   

0375  On this day in history valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54   

0474  On November - 17 leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies   

0594  On this day in history gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies   

0641  Death of Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) on this day in history.   

0680  Death of Hilda of Whitby (b. 614) on November - 17.   

0885  Death of Queen Liutgard on this day in history.   

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on November - 17.   

1231  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)