February 17

The February 17 is the 48th day of the Gregorian calendar, thus still remain 317 days ( 318 days in leap years ) of the year.

  • 2.1 Before the 19th century
  • 2.2 19th century
  • 2.3 20th century 2.3.1 1901-1950
  • 2.3.2 1951-2000
  • 3.1 Before the 19th century
  • 3.2 19th century
  • 3.3 20th century
  • 3.4 21st century

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • 2008: The parliament of the Serbian region of Kosovo declared the country as the Republic of Kosovo unilaterally and independently takes on the same day a new national flag. Serbia has been previously explained, citing Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council announced the declaration of independence null and void.
  • 2012: The German Federal President Christian Wulff resigns after sustained criticism and allegations of corruption. Federal President Horst Seehofer temporarily takes over the official duties.

Economy

Science and Technology

Culture

1673: During the performance of his play Le Malade imaginaire ( The Imaginary Invalid ) suffered by the French playwright and actor Molière faints and dies shortly thereafter.

Society

  • 2003: In London, the London Congestion Charge is a city toll for vehicles introduced.

Religion

Disasters

  • 2006: A landslide destroyed parts of the Philippine municipality of Saint Bernard in the province of Southern Leyte and calls 1,126 deaths.

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

19th century

20th century

1901-1950

1951-2000

Died

Before the 19th century

  • 0364: Jovian, Roman emperor
  • 0440: Mesrop, Armenian saint and developer of the Armenian alphabet
  • 1178: Evermod, Bishop of Ratzeburg
  • 1238: Heinrich von Thun, Bishop of the Bishopric of Basel and promoter of the city of Basel
  • 1285: Lukas von Padua, Italian Franciscan monk, disciple of St. Francis of Assisi
  • 1339: Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria
  • 1370: Henning Schindekopf, Marshal of the Teutonic Order
  • 1500: Benedict of Ahlefeldt, Knight, Owner of the Manor at Lehmkuhlen and gentleman on Hasselburg
  • 1500: Hans von Ahlefeldt, knight, lord of Haselsdorf, Haselau, Seegaard at Kliplev and Seestermühe
  • 1504: Eberhard II, when Eberhard VI. of Württemberg -Stuttgart Graf and Eberhard II as Duke of Württemberg
  • 1600: Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher
  • 1612: Ernst of Bavaria, Archbishop of Cologne
  • 1652: Gregorio Allegri, Italian priest, composer and tenor singer
  • 1654: Michael Lohr, German composer
  • 1662: Konrad Barthel, German Lutheran theologian
  • 1662: Johann Zechendorf, German philologist and educator
  • 1671: Menno Hanneken, German Lutheran theologian

19th century

20th century

21st Century

  • 2001: Richard Wurmbrand, the Romanian Lutheran pastor
  • 2002: Heinz Kaminski, German chemical engineer and space scientists
  • 2004: Karl -Heinz Stienen, German lawyer, politician, MP, party founder
  • 2004: Claus Josef Riedel, Austrian Industrialists
  • 2005: Jens Martin Knudsen, Danish astrophysicist
  • 2005: César Marcelak, French cyclist
  • 2005: Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor
  • 2006: Ray Barretto, American jazz musician
  • 2006: Sybille Bedford, German -British journalist and writer
  • 2006: Harold Hunter, American skater and actor
  • 2007: Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer
  • 2007: Jakov Lind, Austro- British writer, author of radio plays, film director and painter
  • 2007: Maurice Papon, French politician, Nazi collaborator and war criminal
  • 2008: Nicola Agnozzi, Italian bishop
  • 2008: Klaus -Dieter Baumgarten, German General, Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the Border Troops of the GDR
  • 2010: Curt Letsche, German writer
  • 2010: Wolfram Lindner, German cycling coach
  • 2010: Ines Paulke, German pop musician
  • 2013: Mindy McCready, American country singer
  • 2014: Peter Florin, German politicians

Holidays and observances

  • Religious observances Johann Heermann, German pastor and hymn writer ( Protestant)
  • St. Theodore of Euchaïta, Roman soldier, martyr and patron saint ( Orthodox)
  • St. Finan of Lindisfarne, Irish monk and bishop ( Catholic)
  • The seven holy founders of the Servite, Italian merchants and founders of religious orders ( Catholic)
  • Name Days Luke

More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.

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February 16 February 28 February 30 Teutonic Knights Winrich von Kniprode History of Lithuania Battle of Hemmingstedt 1568 Selim II. 1753 Swedish calendar 1772 1801 Aaron Burr 1820 Missouri Compromise 1854 1859 Cochinchina 1864 H. L. Hunley (submarine) Spar torpedo USS Housatonic (1861) 1865 South Carolina 1867 1872 GOMBURZA 1900 1905 Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia 1914 Albania Northern Epirus Greece 1923 1933 Prohibitionism 1944 Battle of Eniwetok Operation Hailstone 1947 International Broadcasting Bureau 1955 1968 Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund 1979 1986 Single market 1989 North Africa 1998 Federal Constitutional Court of Germany Monopoly Reservist History of Kosovo Flag of Kosovo 1836 Barque Transatlantic 1907 Newsweek 1972 Windows 2000 1776 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon 1897 1996 Space probe NEAR Shoemaker Asteroid 1802 Giuseppe Farinelli 1852 1855 Piano Concerto No. 1 (Liszt) Hector Berlioz Ferdinand Hiller 1892 Louis Lacombe 1904 Madama Butterfly Giacomo Puccini Giuseppe Giacosa 1912 Jules Massenet 1913 Robert Henri Armory Show Acting Gerhart Hauptmann 1927 Paul Graener 1936 The Phantom 1938 Jehan Alain 1952 Drama Hans Werner Henze 1958 Johnny Hart B.C. (comic strip) 1448 Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor Dominican Order 1826 Clerics Regular Eugène de Mazenod 1848 1164 1917 SS Athos 1962 1993 Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte 1924 Philadelphia Deep Blue (chess computer) 1192 Minamoto no Sanetomo 1444 Rodolphus Agricola 1490 Charles III, Duke of Bourbon 1519 1524 1571 1616 1653 Arcangelo Corelli 1699 1717 Adam Friedrich Oeser 1723 1740 John Sullivan (general) 1752 Friedrich Maximilian Klinger 1754 Nicolas Baudin 1756 Johann Christian Gottlieb Ackermann 1781 1782 Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy 1794 1796 Giovanni Pacini 1799 1800 August von Voit 1803 Edgar Quinet 1804 Samuel Read Anderson 1807 1809 1810 1817 Christoph Moufang 1819 Henri Vieuxtemps 1821 1822 Georg Weerth 1825 Albrecht Weber 1827 1830 Gerard Krefft 1833 1838 1847 Mathilde Mallinger Louisa Lawson 1850 Friedrich Alfred Krupp 1857 Johannes Abromeit 1858 1861 1862 Banjo Paterson Georg Wassilko von Serecki Ernst Troeltsch 1866 Henry Hollis Horton 1876 Hans Benno Bernoulli 1877 1880 1882 Kurt Schindler 1884 1885 1886 Eduard Stadtler Erich Zeigner 1887 Joseph Bech Leevi Madetoja 1888 Otto Stern 1889 1890 1891 Georg Britting Willi Fick Josyf Slipyj 1893 Theobald Schrems 1898 1899 Eric Fernihough Gerhard Hirschfelder 1908 Georges Dancigers 1909 Gertrude Abercrombie 1910 Dallas Bixler Gerd Hornberger Alfred Mendelsohn Andre Norton Arthur Kennedy (actor) 1915 Homer Keller 1916 Raf Vallone 1918 1919 Kathleen Freeman Joe Hunt 1921 1922 Tommy Edwards Franz Fedier Buddy DeFranco Kihachi Okamoto 1925 1926 1928 Trevor Kaine 1929 Chaim Potok 1930 1931 1934 Alan Bates 1935 Friedrich Kambartel 1937 Willi Koslowski 1940 Winfried Hassemer Willi Holdorf Chris Newman (sound engineer) Gene Pitney 1941 Heidi Biebl 1942 Heinrich Breloer Dieter Laser 1943 Karl Jenkins 1945 Brenda Fricker 1946 Dodie Stevens Wolfgang Wiegard 1949 Doyle Bramhall Fred Frith Anne Lonnberg 1953 1954 Lou Ann Barton Rene Russo 1956 Richard Karn 1957 Loreena McKennitt 1960 1961 Angela Eagle Ariane Ehrat Serge Brammertz 1963 1964 Jim Jordan (American politician) 1965 Michael Bay Volker Engel 1966 1967 1969 1970 Tommy Moe Hiroaki Samura 1971 Eugenio Amore Taylor Hawkins Johnny Jensen 1973 1974 Bryan White 1976 Kelly Carlson Almira Skripchenko 1977 Cara Black 1980 Wolfgang Mair Jason Ritter 1981 Bernhard Eisel Paris Hilton 1982 Adriano Leite Ribeiro Gustavo Sondermann 1983 Poppy Morgan 1984 Stefan Jarosch 1985 Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper) Nils-Ole Book 1987 1988 Nadig Kruttika Rebecca Adlington David Maneiro Miguel Molina 1991 Ed Sheeran Bonnie Wright 1992 Nicola Leali Philip Wiegratz 1994 Kyle Ebecilio Traisy Vivien Tukiet Emanuele Zonzini Sasha Pieterse Mesrop Mashtots Evermode of Ratzeburg 1680 Jan Swammerdam 1711 1732 Louis Marchand 1773 1805 Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti 1813 1823 1828 Heinrich Gottlieb Tzschirner 1841 George W. Campbell 1856 Alexander Dallas Bache 1874 1875 Salomon Hermann Mosenthal 1883 Heinrich Berghaus Leopold von Pebal Christopher Latham Sholes Johan Sverdrup Wilhelm von Bezold Ferdinand Justi Henry Steel Olcott Geronimo Edward Stanley Gibbons Joaquin Miller Wilfrid Laurier Oskar Merikanto Ignacio Andrade Georg F.L. Sarauw Albert I of Belgium Siegbert Tarrasch Hugo Meisl Bill Drews 1939 Willy Hess (Violinist) Tony Sarg Gustav Leutelt Ellery Harding Clark Arnold Pressburger 1959 Otfrid von Hanstein Arne Oldberg Bruno Walter Hans Hofmann Alfred Newman (composer) Adolf A. Berle Pixinguinha 1975 George Marshall (director) Jean Servais Blinky Palermo Graham Sutherland Thelonious Monk Alain Savary Marguerite Roberts Hans Thimig Gretchen Fraser Randy Shilts 1995 Werner Bruschke 1997 Darcy Ribeiro Amha Selassie Nicolas Bouvier Marie-Louise von Franz 1999 Joseph Tawil
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