Page 3: Historical Events In September - 17

1819  On September - 17 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii   

1819  On this day in history jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, physicist (pendulum proved Earth rotates)   

1820  On this day in history earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1820  On September - 17 henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76   

1821  On September - 17 charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer   

1823  On September - 17 abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76   

1824  Giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91 on September - 17.   

1825  On September - 17 lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893   

1826  G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function) on this day in history.   

1834  On September - 17 edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer   

1835  On this day in history charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago   

1839  Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84   

1849  Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer on this day in history.   

1850  Great fire in San Francisco on September - 17.   

1853  Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie) on September - 17.   

1854  Hans Muller, music historian on this day in history.   

1857  Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research on September - 17.   

1858  On September - 17 dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies   

1859  On September - 17 man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America   

1859  Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator on September - 17.   

1861  1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia on September - 17.   

1861  On this day in history owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch)   

1862  Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War on September - 17.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals   

1862  Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada   

1863  On this day in history albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies   

1864  On this day in history grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign   

1864  Walter Savage Landor, author, dies on September - 17.   

1868  Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies on this day in history.   

1869  Christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921) on September - 17.   

1869  Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies on September - 17.   

1871  On September - 17 mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens   

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1192  Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219) was born on September - 17.   

1271  On this day in history birth of wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)   

1550  On September - 17 birth of pope Paul V (d. 1621)   

1552  Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on this day in history.   

1580  Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history birth of francesco Sacrati, composer   

1619  John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader was born on September - 17.   

1630  On this day in history birth of ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)   

1179  Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81 on September - 17.   

1312  On September - 17 ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26   

1322  On September - 17 death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)   

1422  Death of Constantine II of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1563  On September - 17 death of henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier   

1574  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies on September - 17.   

1575  On September - 17 death of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504)   

1604  On this day in history lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69