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01/17/1775
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9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol
Type: Event
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01/17/1775
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R B Sheridan's "Rivals," premieres in London
Type: Event
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01/17/1779
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Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery
Type: Event
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01/17/1781
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Marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies
Type: Death
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01/17/1788
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Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37
Type: Death
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01/17/1805
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Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/17/1806
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James Madison Randolph, (Jefferson's grandson) 1st born in White House
Type: Birth
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01/17/1814
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Ellen Wood, English author (East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1818
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Antoine Dorion, (L) joint premier of Canada (1858, 1863-64)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1820
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Anne Bronte, English novelist/poet (Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1820
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Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classicist/historian, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/17/1821
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M‚xico permits Moses Austin and 300 US families to settle in Texas
Type: Event
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01/17/1823
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Zacharius Werner, German playwright, dies at 36
Type: Death
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01/17/1826
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Juan Cris¢stomo Arriaga y Balzola, Spanish composer, dies at 19
Type: Death
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01/17/1827
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Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander
Type: Event
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01/17/1828
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Lewis Addison Grant, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1918
Type: Birth
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01/17/1830
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W Waiblinger, writer, dies
Type: Death
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01/17/1832
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Johannes van den Bosch appointed gov-gen of Dutch-Indies
Type: Event
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01/17/1833
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James Ball Antyne, Scot founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60
Type: Death
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01/17/1833
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William Rush, Indians sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies
Type: Death
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01/17/1834
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Wilhelmina J R Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress/daughter of Mimi Bia
Type: Birth
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01/17/1835
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Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop/poet/dialectologist
Type: Birth
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01/17/1835
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Johan Filip von Schantz, composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1836
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Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1842
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Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1845
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Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/evangelist (Vredebond)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1850
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Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St Petersburg Russia, composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1852
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British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa)
Type: Event
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01/17/1853
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Alva Vanderbilt Beaumont, women's rights advocate and activist
Type: Birth
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01/17/1856
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Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41
Type: Death
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01/17/1857
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Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1857
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Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1858
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Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1861
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Flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)
Type: Event
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01/17/1862
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-Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry, TN by USS Lexington
Type: Event
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01/17/1862
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John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher
Type: Birth
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01/17/1863
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Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia
Type: Event
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01/17/1863
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David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1863
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Henry Charles Tonking, composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1863
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Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russia, director (Stanislavski Method)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1863
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E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/17/1864
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General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN
Type: Event
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01/17/1864
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Lucien Herr, France, scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller)
Type: Birth
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01/17/1869
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Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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01/17/1871
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1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)
Type: Event
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01/17/1873
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Fran‡ois Rasse, composer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1874
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Armed Democrats seize Texas govt ending Radical Reconstruction
Type: Event
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01/17/1874
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Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62
Type: Death
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01/17/1876
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Olga Fastrova, writer
Type: Birth
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01/17/1877
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Hans Jelmoli, composer
Type: Birth
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