Historical Events Events of 17th October 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and making the first Human Rights Declaration. 532 - Boniface II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 733 - Battle at Poitiers: Charles Martel beats Abd al-Rachmans Omajjaden 1346 - Battle of Nevilles Cross: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III of England at Calais, and imprisoned in the Tower of London for eleven years. 1387 - Swells convent Windesheim initiated 1404 - Cosma de Migliorati elected Pope Innocentius VII 1415 - Jewish autonomy in Palestine ends, as Raban Gamliel leaves office 1448 - Second Battle of Kosovo, where the mainly Hungarian army led by John Hunyadi were defeated by an Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II. 1456 - The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern continental Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia) 1483 - Tomas de Torquemada appointed inquisitor-general of Spain 1556 - Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain 1651 - Future King Charles II flees from England 1660 - Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered, another is hanged. 1691 - New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth 1720 - Pierre de Marivaux Arlequin Poli Par lAmour, premieres in Paris Famous Birthdays Born Today Birthdays Playwright Arthur Miller (1915) 1253 - Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) 1563 - Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer 1577 - Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) 1582 - Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) 1623 - Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) 1626 - Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) 1688 - Domenico Zipoli, composer 1696 - August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen 1704 - Willem Bentinck, orangist 1711 - Jupiter Hammon, 1st black American to publish poetry (Complete Works) 1719 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (d. 1792) 1720 - Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer 1725 - John Wilkes, English journalist/MP (N Briton) 1729 - Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer 1730 - Ernestus Weinrauch, composer Famous Weddings Weddings 1469 - Crown prince Fernando of Aragon marries princess Isabella of Castile 1707 - German composer Johann S Bach marries for the 1st time his cousin Maria Barbara Bach 1915 - American born poet (The Waste Land) T. S (Thomas Sterns) Eliot (27) marries 1st wife Vivienne Haigh-Wood (27) 1945 - Actress Ava Gardner (22) weds band leader Artie Shaw (35) in Hollywood 1952 - Country music legend Hank Williams (29) weds Billie Jean Jones in Minden, Louisiana 1975 - Bee Gees Maurice Gibb weds Yvonne Spencely Famous Deaths Passed Away Today Composer Frederic Chopin (1849) 532 - Boniface II, 1st German Pope, dies 1174 - Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) 1312 - Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies 1552 - Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 1586 - Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 1616 - John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) 1638 - Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 1660 - Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) 1673 - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630) 1702 - Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies 1757 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683) 1763 - Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76 1776 - Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) 1780 - William Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705) 1786 - Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723)
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