Page 3: Historical Events In 1817

May 16   Mississippi River steamboat service begins in the year 1817.   

May 18   James William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on this day in history.   

May 21   In the year 1817 johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64   

May 31   Edouard Deldevez, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 17   Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 21   James Brewerton Ricketts, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887 in the year 1817.   

Jun 23   Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1817.   

Jun 24   In the year 1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast   

Jun 24   The first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast in the year 1817.   

Jun 24   Thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist in the year 1817.   

Jun 30   In the year 1817 joseph D Hooker, British botanist   

Jul 04   Construction on Erie Canal begins in the year 1817.   

Jul 12   1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland) in the year 1817.   

Jul 12   On this day in history henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond)   

Jul 12   The birth of Henry Thoreau, American author on this day in history.   

Jul 12   On this day in history the first flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)   

Jul 15   In the year 1817 john Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway)   

Jul 17   Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer in the year 1817.   

Jul 18   Jane Austen, writer, dies in the year 1817.   

Jul 19   In the year 1817 mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union)   

Jul 21   In the year 1817 john Gilbert, painter/illustrator   

Jul 24   Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905) in the year 1817.   

Jul 29   On this day in history james Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

Jul 30   In the year 1817 charles Radoux-Rogier, composer   

Jul 31   On this day in history philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894   

Aug 03   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza) on this day in history.   

Aug 13   On this day in history karoly Thern, composer   

Aug 16   In the year 1817 henry Winter Davis, MC (Union), died in 1865   

Aug 17   On this day in history joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71)   

Aug 18   In the year 1817 gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore   

Aug 24   Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] in the year 1817.   

Sep 05   Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [NS] in the year 1817.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of john Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867   

Jan 08   Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893) was born in the year 1817.   

Jan 14   Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna) was born in the year 1817.   

Jan 15   Lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871 was born in the year 1817.   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of jacques Gregoir, composer   

Jan 31   In the year 1817 birth of antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia)   

Feb 02   John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740) died in the year 1817.   

Jan 14   In the year 1817 pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer, dies at 87   

Jan 16   Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1817.   

Jan 28   In the year 1817 friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55   

Feb 09   On this day in history franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54   

Feb 18   Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 in the year 1817.   

Feb 20   In the year 1817 martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27