Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
93451August 17Death1785 – Jonathan Trumbull, American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
93452August 17Death1786 – Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
93453August 17Death1814 – John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
93454August 17Death1834 – Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
93455August 17Death1838 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
93456August 17Death1850 – José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
93457August 17Death1861 – Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
93458August 17Death1870 – Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
93459August 17Death1875 – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
93460August 17Death1880 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (b. 1810)
93461August 17Death1897 – William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
93462August 17Death1901 – Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
93463August 17Death1903 – Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
93464August 17Death1908 – Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
93465August 17Death1909 – Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
93466August 17Death1918 – Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
93467August 17Death1920 – Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
93468August 17Death1924 – Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
93469August 17Death1925 – Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
93470August 17Death1935 – Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
93471August 17Death1935 – Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
93472August 17Death1936 – José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
93473August 17Death1940 – Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
93474August 17Death1945 – Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
93475August 17Death1949 – Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
93476August 17Death1954 – Billy Murray, American singer (b. 1877)
93477August 17Death1958 – Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
93478August 17Death1966 – Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
93479August 17Death1969 – Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
93480August 17Death1970 – Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)

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