April 17
April 17 is the 107th day of the Gregorian calendar ( 108th in leap years), thus 258 days remain until the end of the year.
- 3.1 Before the 19th century
- 3.2 19th century
- 3.3 20th century
- 3.4 21st century
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- 0642: Members of an aristocratic party in the Visigothic kingdom rebel against King Tulga, with whose policies they are dissatisfied. His successor, the 80 -year-old Chindaswinth which will be levied on 30 April formally king.
- 2004: Ivan Gašparovič, the former confidant of Vladimir Meciar wins against these, the runoff of the Slovak presidential elections with 59.91 % of votes. The office itself he takes on 15 June.
Economy
Science and Technology
Culture
Society
Religion
Disasters
Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.
Sports
Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.
Born
Before the 19th century
- 0593: Jomei, Emperor of Japan
- 1573: Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
- 1586: John Ford, English playwright ( baptism date )
- 1587: Ivan Lukačić, Croatian composer
- 1589: Martin Zeiller German compilation and travel writer
- 1592: Sigismund Heusner Wandersleben, German army officer and politician
- 1598: Giovanni Riccioli, Italian theologian, astronomer and philosopher
- 1649: Meinrad Guggenbichler, Swiss -Austrian sculptor of the Baroque
- 1683: Johann David Heinichen, German composer and music theorist
- 1702: Mihály Ambrosovszky, Hungarian church historian
- 1710: Johann Martin Chladni, German Protestant theologian and historian
- 1735: Johann Seivert, Transylvanian Saxon poet, historian and lexicographer
- 1741: Samuel Chase, one of the founding fathers of the United States
- 1741: Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer
- 1742: Salomé de Gélieu, teacher and educator ( Governess )
- 1748: Charles Blagden, British physician and naturalist
- 1748: Leopold Leonhard Raymund, Count von Thun, Bishop
- 1770, Mahlon Dickerson, American politician
- 1774: Vaclav Tomasek January Křtitel, Czech music teacher and composer
- 1782: Friedrich Wilhelm von Bentheim - Bentheim Belgicus, Austrian field marshal lieutenant
- 1786: Charles- Angélique Huchet, French Lieutenant-General under Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1786: August Wilhelm von Neumann- Cosel, Prussian General of the Infantry and Chief of the Military Cabinet
- 1794: Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German naturalist, botanist and ethnographer
- 1795: George Edmund Badger, American politician
- 1799: Elizabeth Acton, British chef, cookbook author and poet
19th century
20th century
1901-1950
1951-2000
Died
Before the 19th century
- 0546 BC: Adad - snack, mother of the last Neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus
- 0166: Anicetus, the Roman bishop and martyr
- 0744: al- Walid II, Calif.
- 1080: Harald Hen, Danish King
- 1372: Ton'a, Japanese poet
- 1457: . Wartislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania - Wolgast
- 1529: Louis de Berquin, French humanist, lawyer, civil servant, linguist and reformer
- 1539: George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony
- 1561: John Tiedemann, Bishop of Lübeck
- 1574: Joachim Camerarius the Elder, German humanist, polymath and poet
- 1628: Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia from 1625
- 1652: Henry Howard, Earl of Arundel 22, English nobleman
- 1690: Caspar Ziegler, lawyer, poet and composer
- 1693: Xavier Jakub Ticin, Sorbian Jesuit linguist
- 1695 Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun and poet
19th century
20th century
21st Century
- 2001: Vera Brühne, suspected double murderer
- 2003: Robert Atkins, American cardiologist and nutritionist
- 2003: John Paul Getty II, a British millionaire
- 2003: Jozef Schell, Belgian biochemist
- 2003: Hilde Sessak, German actress
- 2004: Abd al - Aziz al- Rantisi, Palestinian General Commander of Hamas
- 2004: Anke Hartnagel, German politician ( Member of Parliament )
- 2005: Konrad Spindler, German prehistorians, explorer of the Iceman mummy
- 2007: Kitty Carlisle, American actress
- 2008: Aimé Césaire, afrokaribisch - French poet, essayist and politician
- 2008: Werner Dürrson, German writer and translator
- 2009: Gisela Reißmann, German actress and voice actress
- 2009: Hans Ziegenfuß, German trade unionist
- 2010: Dede Allen, American film editor
- 2010: Egon Christian Andresen, German electrical engineer
- 2010: Abu Ayyub al -Masri, Egyptian terrorist
- 2011: Albrecht Roser, German puppeteer
- 2011: Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor
- 2012: Dieter Dorner, Austrian radio host and Bioweinbauer
- 2012: Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer and composer
Holidays and observances
- Religious observances Louis de Berquin, French martyrs ( Protestant)
- Max Josef Metzger German priest, founder and martyr (Protestant, Roman Catholic beatification process is not yet completed)
- St. Anicetus, the Roman bishop ( Catholic)
- Kateri Tekakwitha, Native American saint
- St. Pusei, Persian Kuropalates and martyr ( Orthodox)
- Name Days Rudolf
- State Holidays and observances Syria: independence from France (1946 )
More entries contains the list of commemorative and Action days.
- Day
- Day in April