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