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The following events took place on February 17. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 43 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 364

  Roman Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route back to Constantinople in suspicious circumstances.
• 1370

  Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.
• 1411

  Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia.
• 1500

  Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
• 1600

  The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive, for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome.
• 1621

  Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America.
• 1753

  In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
• 1801

  An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr, Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
• 1814

  War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormans.
• 1819

  The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
• 1838

  Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
• 1854

  The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
• 1863

  A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
• 1864

  American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.
• 1865

  American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
• 1871

  The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
• 1904

  Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• 1913

  The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
• 1919

  The Ukrainian People’s Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
• 1933

  The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
• 1933

  Newsweek magazine is first published.
• 1944

  World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
• 1944

  World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan’s main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
• 1949

  Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
• 1959

  Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 – The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
• 1964

  In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
• 1964

  Gabonese president Léon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
• 1965

  Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the “Sea of Tranquility” would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
• 1968

  In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
• 1972

  Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model T.

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