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429 Events for 'March 17' in the Database.

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03/17/0180 Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58
Type: Death
03/17/0432 St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave
Type: Event
03/17/0455 Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor
Type: Event
03/17/0461 St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)
Type: Death
03/17/0659 Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32
Type: Death
03/17/1040 Harold, British King (1035-40), dies
Type: Death
03/17/1190 Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England
Type: Event
03/17/1473 James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)
Type: Birth
03/17/1516 Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37
Type: Death
03/17/1521 Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines
Type: Event
03/17/1521 Magelhaes lands on Homohon
Type: Event
03/17/1526 French king Fran‡ois I freed from Spain
Type: Event
03/17/1537 French troops invade Flanders
Type: Event
03/17/1565 Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], theologist/physician, dies at 64
Type: Death
03/17/1578 Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)
Type: Birth
03/17/1580 Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam
Type: Event
03/17/1588 Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies
Type: Death
03/17/1605 Pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34
Type: Death
03/17/1628 Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian
Type: Birth
03/17/1640 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies
Type: Death
03/17/1649 Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71
Type: Death
03/17/1653 Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48
Type: Death
03/17/1658 Pro-Charles II plot in England discovered
Type: Event
03/17/1664 Georg Osterreich, composer
Type: Birth
03/17/1672 England declares war on Netherlands
Type: Event
03/17/1675 Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer
Type: Birth
03/17/1680 Fran‡ois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies
Type: Death
03/17/1685 Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter
Type: Birth
03/17/1704 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63
Type: Death
03/17/1722 Willem KH Friso appointed mayor of Drente
Type: Event
03/17/1746 Jan David Holland, composer
Type: Birth
03/17/1753 1st official St Patrick's Day
Type: Event
03/17/1755 Transylvania Land Co buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief
Type: Event
03/17/1756 St Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in NYC at Crown and Thistle Tavern
Type: Event
03/17/1757 Prince Mas Sa‹d of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java
Type: Event
03/17/1762 1st St Patrick's Day parade in NYC
Type: Event
03/17/1764 George Parker, English astronomer, dies
Type: Death
03/17/1766 Britain repeals Stamp Act
Type: Event
03/17/1776 British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War
Type: Event
03/17/1777 Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
Type: Birth
03/17/1780 Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47)
Type: Birth
03/17/1781 Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies
Type: Birth
03/17/1787 George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
Type: Birth
03/17/1789 Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock)
Type: Birth
03/17/1796 Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41
Type: Death
03/17/1800 English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die
Type: Event
03/17/1801 Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64
Type: Death
03/17/1803 Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42
Type: Death
03/17/1804 Johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell," premieres
Type: Event
03/17/1804 James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance
Type: Birth

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