383 Historic Events for June 17
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| 1682 |
Birth |
Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)
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| 1696 |
Death |
Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies at 72
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| 1696 |
Death |
Johannes II Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies
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| 1700 |
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Mass orders priest to leave the colony
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| 1703 |
Birth |
John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists)
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| 1714 |
Birth |
Cesar F Cassini, de Thury, French astronomer (geodesic labor)
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| 1719 |
Death |
Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47
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| 1725 |
Birth |
Joseph Anton Bauer, composer
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| 1734 |
Death |
Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle
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| 1734 |
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French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine
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| 1742 |
Birth |
William Hooper, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence)
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| 1745 |
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American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French
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| 1750 |
Birth |
Michel Woldemar, composer
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| 1756 |
Birth |
Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public
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| 1762 |
Death |
Prosper Jolyot de Cr‚billon, French poet (Idom‚n‚e), dies at 88
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| 1775 |
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Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill)
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| 1789 |
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3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly
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| 1797 |
Death |
Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated and killed
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| 1810 |
Birth |
F Freiligrath, writer
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| 1811 |
Birth |
Jon Sigurdsson, Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends
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| 1815 |
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Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda
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| 1815 |
Death |
Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle
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| 1817 |
Birth |
Ivan K A‹vazovski, Russan painter (Harbor Scenes)
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| 1817 |
Birth |
Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
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| 1818 |
Birth |
Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III
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