This day in History - January 17

414 Historic Events for January 17
1775 Event 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol
1775 Event R B Sheridan's "Rivals," premieres in London
1779 Event Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery
1781 Death Marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies
1788 Death Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37
1805 Death Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter, dies at 73
1806 Birth James Madison Randolph, (Jefferson's grandson) 1st born in White House
1814 Birth Ellen Wood, English author (East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey)
1818 Birth Antoine Dorion, (L) joint premier of Canada (1858, 1863-64)
1820 Birth Anne Bronte, English novelist/poet (Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
1820 Death Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classicist/historian, dies at 73
1821 Event M‚xico permits Moses Austin and 300 US families to settle in Texas
1823 Death Zacharius Werner, German playwright, dies at 36
1826 Death Juan Cris¢stomo Arriaga y Balzola, Spanish composer, dies at 19
1827 Event Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander
1828 Birth Lewis Addison Grant, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1918
1830 Death W Waiblinger, writer, dies
1832 Event Johannes van den Bosch appointed gov-gen of Dutch-Indies
1833 Death James Ball Antyne, Scot founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60
1833 Death William Rush, Indians sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies
1834 Birth Wilhelmina J R Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress/daughter of Mimi Bia
1835 Birth Johan Filip von Schantz, composer
1835 Birth Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop/poet/dialectologist
1836 Birth Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer
1842 Birth Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands)