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

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

1823  On this day in history abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76   

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

1825  Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893 on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history g F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function)   

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

1835  Charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago on September - 17.   

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  Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history great fire in San Francisco   

1853  On this day in history clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie)   

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

1857  On September - 17 konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research   

1858  Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on September - 17.   

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

1859  Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator on this day in history.   

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

1861  Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch) on September - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1863  On September - 17 pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada   

1863  Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies on September - 17.   

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 September - 17.   

1869  On this day in history christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921)   

1869  On this day in history peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies   

1871  Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens on this day in history.   

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1192  Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219) was born on this day in history.   

1271  Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305) was born on this day in history.   

1550  Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on September - 17.   

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

1580  On September - 17 birth of charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange   

1605  On September - 17 birth of francesco Sacrati, composer   

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

1630  On September - 17 birth of ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)   

1179  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)   

1422  On this day in history death of constantine II of Bulgaria   

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