Page 2: Historical Events In October - 17

1720  Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer on this day in history.   

1725  On October - 17 john Wilkes, English journalist/MP (N Briton)   

1729  On this day in history pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer   

1730  On October - 17 ernestus Weinrauch, composer   

1734  Grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II on this day in history.   

1740  On October - 17 ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia   

1748  French troops lift siege of English at Pondicherry, India on October - 17.   

1763  On this day in history arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76   

1777  British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga, NY on October - 17.   

1777  On October - 17 british General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY   

1781  Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown on October - 17.   

1787  Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities on this day in history.   

1797  On October - 17 peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France   

1800  On October - 17 dutch colony Curacao transfered to England   

1805  On this day in history napoleon breaks camp at Boulogne, proceeds by forced marches into Germany, forces the surrender October 17 at Ulm of a 30,000-man Austrian army under Baron Karl Mack von Leiberich, 53, and caps the victory by taking Vienna   

1806  Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule on this day in history.   

1806  Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist on October - 17.   

1806  On October - 17 jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies   

1808  Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw on October - 17.   

1811  Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich) on October - 17.   

1814  London Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine on October - 17.   

1815  Napoleon arrives in St Helena on October - 17.   

1815  Emanuel Geibel, writer on October - 17.   

1817  On October - 17 sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan)   

1825  1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1825  Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1829  On October - 17 delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opened   

1829  Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens on this day in history.   

1831  On October - 17 felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres   

1837  Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 on October - 17.   

1844  On October - 17 miguel Nieto, composer   

1845  On this day in history franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library   

1848  William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball on this day in history.   

1849  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on October - 17.   

1563  On this day in history birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  On this day in history birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on October - 17.   

1688  On October - 17 birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on October - 17.   

0532  On this day in history boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

1174  On October - 17 death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on this day in history.   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.   

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)