Page 3: Historical Events In September - 17

1819  1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii on this day in history.   

1819  Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, physicist (pendulum proved Earth rotates) on September - 17.   

1820  Earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on September - 17.   

1820  Henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1821  Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer on this day in history.   

1823  Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1824  On September - 17 giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91   

1825  Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893 on September - 17.   

1826  G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function) on September - 17.   

1834  Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer on this day in history.   

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

1839  On September - 17 ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies   

1846  On September - 17 francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84   

1849  On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer   

1850  Great fire in San Francisco on this day in history.   

1853  On September - 17 clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie)   

1854  Hans Muller, music historian on September - 17.   

1857  Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research on this day in history.   

1858  Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on this day in history.   

1859  Man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America on September - 17.   

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

1861  1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia on this day in history.   

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

1862  Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals on September - 17.   

1862  Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 on September - 17.   

1863  Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada on this day in history.   

1863  Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies on this day in history.   

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

1864  On September - 17 walter Savage Landor, author, dies   

1868  On this day in history roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies   

1869  On September - 17 christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921)   

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

1871  Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens on September - 17.   

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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  Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history birth of paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21)   

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

1605  Francesco Sacrati, composer was born on September - 17.   

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

1630  Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1179  On September - 17 hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81   

1312  Ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1322  Death of Robert III of Flanders (b. 1249) on this day in history.   

1422  Death of Constantine II of Bulgaria on September - 17.   

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

1574  On this day in history pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies   

1575  Death of Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504) on September - 17.   

1604  Lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69 on September - 17.