Page 3: Historical Events In 1817

May 16   On this day in history mississippi River steamboat service begins   

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

May 21   Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1817.   

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

Jun 17   Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 in the year 1817.   

Jun 18   Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies in the year 1817.   

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

Jun 23   On this day in history otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63   

Jun 24   On this day in history 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast   

Jun 24   The first coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast on this day in history.   

Jun 24   In the year 1817 thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83   

Jun 30   In the year 1817 abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist   

Jun 30   Joseph D Hooker, British botanist in the year 1817.   

Jul 04   In the year 1817 construction on Erie Canal begins   

Jul 12   1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland) on this day in history.   

Jul 12   In the year 1817 henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond)   

Jul 12   The birth of Henry Thoreau, American author in the year 1817.   

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

Jul 15   John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 18   On this day in history jane Austen, writer, dies   

Jul 19   Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 24   Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905) on this day in history.   

Jul 29   In the year 1817 james Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

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

Jul 31   Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 in the year 1817.   

Aug 03   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza) in the year 1817.   

Aug 13   In the year 1817 karoly Thern, composer   

Aug 16   Henry Winter Davis, MC (Union), died in 1865 on this day in history.   

Aug 17   In the year 1817 joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71)   

Aug 18   On this day in history 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   Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist was born in the year 1817.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1817 birth of harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna)   

Jan 15   In the year 1817 birth of lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871   

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   On this day in history birth of john Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid)   

Jan 01   In the year 1817 martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73   

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

Jan 14   On this day in history pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer, dies at 87   

Jan 16   In the year 1817 antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

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

Feb 09   In the year 1817 franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54   

Feb 18   Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 20   Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.