10_17 Events in History.

361 Historic Events for October 17

1720 Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer Birth
1720 Pierre de Marivaux' "Arlequin Poli Par l'Amour," premieres in Paris Event
1725 John Wilkes, English journalist/MP (N Briton) Birth
1729 Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer Birth
1730 Ernestus Weinrauch, composer Birth
1734 Grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II Birth
1740 Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia Event
1740 Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47 Death
1763 Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76 Death
1777 British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY Event

1781 Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown Event
1787 Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities Event
1797 Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions and France Event
1800 Dutch colony Cura‡ao transfered to England Event
1806 Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies Death
1806 Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist Birth
1808 Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw Event
1811 Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich) Birth
1813 Georg Bchner, German playwright (Dantons Tod/Woyzeck) Birth
1815 Napoleon arrives in St Helena Event
1815 Emanuel Geibel, writer Birth
1817 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan) Birth
1817 Samuel Ringgold Ward, Maryland, minister/abolitionist (Fugitive Negro) Birth
1825 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris Event
1825 Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 Death