Page 5: Historical Events In 1817

Nov 25   On this day in history 1st sword swallower in US performs (NYC)   

Nov 27   On this day in history uS soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War   

Nov 30   On this day in history theodor Mommsen, Germ, historian/author (Imperial Lives, Nobel 1902)   

Dec 01   Justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1817.   

Dec 07   On this day in history william Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63   

Dec 10   In the year 1817 mississippi admitted as 20th state   

Dec 11   In the year 1817 max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34   

Dec 15   In the year 1817 maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies   

Dec 16   In the year 1817 leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon   

Dec 19   James Jay Archer, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1864 on this day in history.   

Dec 30   1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona) on this day in history.   

Dec 30   First coffee planted in Hawaii on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   John Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893)   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna)   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871   

Jan 18   In the year 1817 birth of jacques Gregoir, composer   

Jan 31   On this day in history 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   On this day in history pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer, dies at 87   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history 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 in the year 1817.   

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