February 17th All Events |
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| February 17th, 2008 (February 17 2008) | Event | Kosovo declares independence from Serbia. | |
| February 17th, 2008 (February 17 2008) | Death | Brian Harris, English footballer (born in 1935) | |
| February 17th, 2007 (February 17 2007) | Death | Jurga Ivanauskaite, Lithuanian writer (born in 1961) | |
| February 17th, 2007 (February 17 2007) | Death | Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (born in 1965) | |
| February 17th, 2007 (February 17 2007) | Death | Dermot O Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (born in 1943) | |
| February 17th, 2007 (February 17 2007) | Death | Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (born in 1910) | |
| February 17th, 2006 (February 17 2006) | Event | A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. | |
| February 17th, 2006 (February 17 2006) | Death | Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (born in 1929) | |
| February 17th, 2006 (February 17 2006) | Death | Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (born in 1948) | |
| February 17th, 2005 (February 17 2005) | Death | Dan O Herlihy, Irish actor (born in 1919) | |
| February 17th, 2005 (February 17 2005) | Death | Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (born in 1935) | |
| February 17th, 2004 (February 17 2004) | Death | Jose Lopez Portillo, President of Mexico (born in 1920) | |
| February 17th, 2003 (February 17 2003) | Event | The London Congestion Charge scheme begins. | |
| February 17th, 2001 (February 17 2001) | Death | Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (born in 1948) | |
| February 17th, 2001 (February 17 2001) | Death | Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (born in 1933) | |
| February 17th, 1998 (February 17 1998) | Death | Ernst Junger, German author (born in 1895) | |
| February 17th, 1998 (February 17 1998) | Death | Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (born in 1921) | |
| February 17th, 1997 (February 17 1997) | Death | Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter | |
| February 17th, 1996 (February 17 1996) | Event | In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match. | Garry Kasparov Quotes |
| February 17th, 1996 (February 17 1996) | Birth | Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress | |
| February 17th, 1996 (February 17 1996) | Death | Herve Bazin, French writer (born in 1911) | |
| February 17th, 1995 (February 17 1995) | Event | Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings and later receives a 200+ year sentence. | |
| February 17th, 1995 (February 17 1995) | Event | The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN. | |
| February 17th, 1994 (February 17 1994) | Death | Randy Shilts, American author and activist (born in 1951) | |
| February 17th, 1992 (February 17 1992) | Event | A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison. | |
| February 17th, 1992 (February 17 1992) | Birth | Meaghan Jette Martin, American child actress and singer | |
| February 17th, 1991 (February 17 1991) | Birth | Bonnie Wright, British actress | |
| February 17th, 1990 (February 17 1990) | Death | Erik Rhodes, American actor (born in 1906) | |
| February 17th, 1990 (February 17 1990) | Death | Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (born in 1901) | |
| February 17th, 1989 (February 17 1989) | Death | Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (born in 1908) | |
| February 17th, 1988 (February 17 1988) | Birth | Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim | |
| February 17th, 1986 (February 17 1986) | Birth | Joey O Brien, Irish footballer | |
| February 17th, 1986 (February 17 1986) | Birth | Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model | |
| February 17th, 1986 (February 17 1986) | Death | Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b.1895) | Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes |
| February 17th, 1985 (February 17 1985) | Birth | Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model | |
| February 17th, 1984 (February 17 1984) | Birth | Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler | |
| February 17th, 1984 (February 17 1984) | Birth | Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu | |
| February 17th, 1984 (February 17 1984) | Birth | AB de Villiers, South African cricketer | |
| February 17th, 1983 (February 17 1983) | Birth | Gerald Cid, French footballer | |
| February 17th, 1983 (February 17 1983) | Birth | Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer | |
| February 17th, 1982 (February 17 1982) | Birth | Lupe Fiasco, American rapper | |
| February 17th, 1982 (February 17 1982) | Birth | Adriano, Brazilian footballer | |
| February 17th, 1982 (February 17 1982) | Birth | Brian Bruney, American baseball player | |
| February 17th, 1982 (February 17 1982) | Death | Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (born in 1922) | |
| February 17th, 1982 (February 17 1982) | Death | Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (born in 1917) | |
| February 17th, 1982 (February 17 1982) | Death | Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (born in 1901) | |
| February 17th, 1981 (February 17 1981) | Birth | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor | Joseph Gordon Levitt Quotes |
| February 17th, 1981 (February 17 1981) | Birth | Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress | |
| February 17th, 1980 (February 17 1980) | Birth | Al Harrington, American basketball player | |
| February 17th, 1980 (February 17 1980) | Birth | Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer | |
| February 17th, 1980 (February 17 1980) | Birth | Jason Ritter, American actor | |
| February 17th, 1979 (February 17 1979) | Event | The Sino-Vietnamese War begins. | |
| February 17th, 1979 (February 17 1979) | Birth | Dee, Puerto Rican pornographic actress | |
| February 17th, 1979 (February 17 1979) | Birth | Josh Willingham, American baseball player | |
| February 17th, 1978 (February 17 1978) | Birth | Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim | |
| February 17th, 1977 (February 17 1977) | Death | Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (born in 1922) | |
| February 17th, 1976 (February 17 1976) | Birth | Kelly Carlson, American actress | |
| February 17th, 1976 (February 17 1976) | Birth | Scott Williamson, American baseball player | |
| February 17th, 1975 (February 17 1975) | Birth | Wish Bone, American rapper | |
| February 17th, 1975 (February 17 1975) | Birth | Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress | |
| February 17th, 1975 (February 17 1975) | Birth | Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 17th, 1975 (February 17 1975) | Birth | Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player | |
| February 17th, 1974 (February 17 1974) | Event | Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter. | |
| February 17th, 1974 (February 17 1974) | Birth | Kaoru, Japanese musician | |
| February 17th, 1974 (February 17 1974) | Birth | Jerry O Connell, American actor | |
| February 17th, 1974 (February 17 1974) | Birth | Bryan White, American singer | |
| February 17th, 1973 (February 17 1973) | Birth | SaRenna Lee, American pornographic actress | |
| February 17th, 1972 (February 17 1972) | Event | Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T. | |
| February 17th, 1972 (February 17 1972) | Birth | Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician (Green Day) | |
| February 17th, 1972 (February 17 1972) | Birth | Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater | |
| February 17th, 1972 (February 17 1972) | Birth | Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters) | |
| February 17th, 1972 (February 17 1972) | Birth | Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model | |
| February 17th, 1972 (February 17 1972) | Birth | Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (formerly Judy and Mary) | |
| February 17th, 1971 (February 17 1971) | Birth | Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (died in 2005) | |
| February 17th, 1971 (February 17 1971) | Birth | Jeremy Edwards, British actor | |
| February 17th, 1971 (February 17 1971) | Birth | Denise Richards, American actress | |
| February 17th, 1970 (February 17 1970) | Birth | Tim Mahoney, American musician (311) | |
| February 17th, 1970 (February 17 1970) | Birth | Tommy Moe, American Olympic skier | |
| February 17th, 1970 (February 17 1970) | Birth | Dominic Purcell, English-born actor | |
| February 17th, 1970 (February 17 1970) | Death | Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1888) | |
| February 17th, 1970 (February 17 1970) | Death | Alfred Newman, American film composer (born in 1901) | |
| February 17th, 1969 (February 17 1969) | Birth | Tuesday Knight, American actress | |
| February 17th, 1968 (February 17 1968) | Event | In Springfield, Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens. | |
| February 17th, 1968 (February 17 1968) | Birth | Bryan Cox, National Football League player | |
| February 17th, 1967 (February 17 1967) | Birth | Chante Moore, American singer | |
| February 17th, 1966 (February 17 1966) | Birth | Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer | |
| February 17th, 1966 (February 17 1966) | Birth | Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (died in 2004) | |
| February 17th, 1966 (February 17 1966) | Birth | Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 17th, 1966 (February 17 1966) | Birth | Michael Lepond, American musician | |
| February 17th, 1965 (February 17 1965) | Birth | Michael Bay, American film director | |
| February 17th, 1964 (February 17 1964) | Event | In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population. | |
| February 17th, 1964 (February 17 1964) | Birth | Buster Olney, American sports columnist | |
| February 17th, 1963 (February 17 1963) | Birth | Michael Jordan, American basketball player | |
| February 17th, 1963 (February 17 1963) | Birth | Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian | |
| February 17th, 1963 (February 17 1963) | Birth | Jen-Hsun Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman | |
| February 17th, 1962 (February 17 1962) | Event | A storm kills more than 300 people in Hamburg, West Germany. | |
| February 17th, 1962 (February 17 1962) | Birth | Samuel Bayer, American music video director | |
| February 17th, 1962 (February 17 1962) | Birth | Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (died in 1995) | |
| February 17th, 1962 (February 17 1962) | Birth | Tyrone "Ty" Jones, American screenwriter | |
| February 17th, 1962 (February 17 1962) | Birth | David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (died in 1999) | |
| February 17th, 1962 (February 17 1962) | Birth | Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor | |
| February 17th, 1962 (February 17 1962) | Death | Bruno Walter, German conductor (born in 1876) | |
| February 17th, 1961 (February 17 1961) | Death | Nita Naldi, American actress (born in 1897) | |
| February 17th, 1959 (February 17 1959) | Event | Project Vanguard: Vanguard The first weather satellite launched to measure cloud-cover distribution. | |
| February 17th, 1959 (February 17 1959) | Birth | Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician | |
| February 17th, 1959 (February 17 1959) | Birth | Neil Lomax, American football player | |
| February 17th, 1958 (February 17 1958) | Event | Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television. | |
| February 17th, 1958 (February 17 1958) | Death | Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (born in 1876) | |
| February 17th, 1957 (February 17 1957) | Event | A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri kills 72 people. | |
| February 17th, 1957 (February 17 1957) | Birth | Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician | Loreena McKennitt Quotes |
| February 17th, 1956 (February 17 1956) | Birth | Richard Karn, American actor | |
| February 17th, 1955 (February 17 1955) | Birth | Mo Yan, Chinese novelist | |
| February 17th, 1954 (February 17 1954) | Birth | Rene Russo, American actress | |
| February 17th, 1953 (February 17 1953) | Birth | Norman Pace, British actor and comic | |
| February 17th, 1952 (February 17 1952) | Birth | Karin Janz, East German gymnast | |
| February 17th, 1949 (February 17 1949) | Birth | Fred Frith, English musician and composer | |
| February 17th, 1948 (February 17 1948) | Birth | Jose Jose, Mexican singer and actor | |
| February 17th, 1948 (February 17 1948) | Birth | Rick Majerus, American basketball coach | |
| February 17th, 1947 (February 17 1947) | Event | The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union. | |
| February 17th, 1946 (February 17 1946) | Birth | Dodie Stevens, American singer | |
| February 17th, 1945 (February 17 1945) | Birth | Zina Bethune, American actress | |
| February 17th, 1945 (February 17 1945) | Birth | Brenda Fricker, Irish actress | |
| February 17th, 1944 (February 17 1944) | Event | World War II: Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22. | |
| February 17th, 1944 (February 17 1944) | Event | World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk (Chuuk), Japan s main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion. | |
| February 17th, 1944 (February 17 1944) | Birth | Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer | |
| February 17th, 1943 (February 17 1943) | Death | Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (born in 1888) | |
| February 17th, 1943 (February 17 1943) | Death | Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (born in 1872) | |
| February 17th, 1942 (February 17 1942) | Birth | Huey P. Newton, American political activist (died in 1989) | |
| February 17th, 1941 (February 17 1941) | Birth | Julia McKenzie, English actress and theatre director | |
| February 17th, 1940 (February 17 1940) | Birth | Gene Pitney, American singer (died in 2006) | |
| February 17th, 1939 (February 17 1939) | Birth | John Leyton, British singer | |
| February 17th, 1939 (February 17 1939) | Birth | Mary Ann Mobley, American actress and beauty queen | |
| February 17th, 1939 (February 17 1939) | Death | Willy Hess, German violinist (born in 1859) | |
| February 17th, 1936 (February 17 1936) | Event | The world s first superhero, The Phantom, makes his first appearance in comics. | |
| February 17th, 1936 (February 17 1936) | Birth | Jim Brown, American football player | |
| February 17th, 1935 (February 17 1935) | Birth | Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress | |
| February 17th, 1934 (February 17 1934) | Birth | Alan Bates, English actor (died in 2003) | |
| February 17th, 1934 (February 17 1934) | Birth | Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian | |
| February 17th, 1934 (February 17 1934) | Death | King Albert I of Belgium (born in 1875) | |
| February 17th, 1934 (February 17 1934) | Death | Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (born in 1862) | |
| February 17th, 1933 (February 17 1933) | Event | The magazine Newsweek is published for the first time. | |
| February 17th, 1933 (February 17 1933) | Event | The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States. | |
| February 17th, 1933 (February 17 1933) | Birth | Bobby Lewis, American singer | |
| February 17th, 1933 (February 17 1933) | Birth | Craig L. Thomas, American politician (died in 2007) | |
| February 17th, 1932 (February 17 1932) | Birth | Buck Trent, American banjo player | |
| February 17th, 1930 (February 17 1930) | Birth | Roger Craig, American baseball player and manager | |
| February 17th, 1930 (February 17 1930) | Birth | Ruth Rendell, English writer | |
| February 17th, 1929 (February 17 1929) | Birth | Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 17th, 1929 (February 17 1929) | Birth | Chaim Potok, American author (died in 2002) | |
| February 17th, 1929 (February 17 1929) | Birth | Patricia Routledge, English actress | |
| February 17th, 1928 (February 17 1928) | Birth | Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress & singer | |
| February 17th, 1925 (February 17 1925) | Event | Harold Ross and Jane Grant found The New Yorker magazine; the debut issue is dated February 21, 1925. | |
| February 17th, 1925 (February 17 1925) | Birth | Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (died in 2003) | |
| February 17th, 1925 (February 17 1925) | Birth | Hal Holbrook, American actor | |
| February 17th, 1924 (February 17 1924) | Event | In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds. | |
| February 17th, 1924 (February 17 1924) | Birth | Margaret Truman, American novelist (died in 2008) | |
| February 17th, 1922 (February 17 1922) | Birth | Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (died in 2007) | |
| February 17th, 1922 (February 17 1922) | Birth | Tommy Edwards, American singer (died in 1969) | |
| February 17th, 1922 (February 17 1922) | Birth | Marshall Teague, American race car driver (died in 1959) | |
| February 17th, 1920 (February 17 1920) | Birth | Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director | |
| February 17th, 1919 (February 17 1919) | Birth | Kathleen Freeman, American actress (died in 2001) | |
| February 17th, 1919 (February 17 1919) | Death | Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (born in 1841) | |
| February 17th, 1917 (February 17 1917) | Birth | Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (died in 2002) | Philo Quotes |
| February 17th, 1917 (February 17 1917) | Birth | Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena, Mexican inventor (died in 1965) | |
| February 17th, 1916 (February 17 1916) | Birth | Raf Vallone, Italian actor (died in 2002) | |
| February 17th, 1916 (February 17 1916) | Birth | Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England.(died in 1940) | |
| February 17th, 1914 (February 17 1914) | Birth | Arthur Kennedy, American actor (died in 1990) | |
| February 17th, 1914 (February 17 1914) | Birth | Wayne Morris, American actor (died in 1959) | |
| February 17th, 1913 (February 17 1913) | Event | 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. | |
| February 17th, 1912 (February 17 1912) | Birth | Andre Norton, American author (died in 2005) | |
| February 17th, 1912 (February 17 1912) | Death | Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (born in 1876) | Evans Quotes |
| February 17th, 1911 (February 17 1911) | Birth | Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born American literary scholar (died in 1984) | |
| February 17th, 1910 (February 17 1910) | Birth | Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (died in 1979) | |
| February 17th, 1910 (February 17 1910) | Birth | Marc Lawrence, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| February 17th, 1909 (February 17 1909) | Death | Geronimo, Apache leader (born in 1829) | Geronimo Quotes |
| February 17th, 1908 (February 17 1908) | Birth | Red Barber, American baseball announcer (died in 1992) | |
| February 17th, 1908 (February 17 1908) | Birth | Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (died in 2005) | |
| February 17th, 1904 (February 17 1904) | Event | Madama Butterfly premiers at La Scala in Milan. | |
| February 17th, 1904 (February 17 1904) | Birth | Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (died in 1980) | Philo Quotes |
| February 17th, 1893 (February 17 1893) | Birth | Wally Pipp, American baseball player ([[died in 1965) | |
| February 17th, 1890 (February 17 1890) | Death | Christopher Sholes, American inventor (born in 1819) | |
| February 17th, 1888 (February 17 1888) | Birth | Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1969) | |
| February 17th, 1887 (February 17 1887) | Birth | Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (died in 1947) | |
| February 17th, 1885 (February 17 1885) | Birth | Steve Evans, American baseball player (died in 1943) | Evans Quotes |
| February 17th, 1883 (February 17 1883) | Death | Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (born in 1806) | |
| February 17th, 1883 (February 17 1883) | Death | Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (born in 1845) | |
| February 17th, 1877 (February 17 1877) | Birth | Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (died in 1904) | |
| February 17th, 1877 (February 17 1877) | Birth | Andre Maginot, French politician (died in 1932) | |
| February 17th, 1874 (February 17 1874) | Birth | Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (died in 1956) | Thomas J. Watson Quotes |
| February 17th, 1874 (February 17 1874) | Death | Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (born in 1796) | |
| February 17th, 1871 (February 17 1871) | Event | The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. | |
| February 17th, 1867 (February 17 1867) | Event | The first ship passes through the Suez Canal. | |
| February 17th, 1865 (February 17 1865) | Event | American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces. | |
| February 17th, 1864 (February 17 1864) | Event | American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic. | |
| February 17th, 1864 (February 17 1864) | Birth | Jozef Murgas, Slovak inventor (died in 1929) | |
| February 17th, 1864 (February 17 1864) | Birth | Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (died in 1941) | |
| February 17th, 1863 (February 17 1863) | Birth | Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (died in 1927) | |
| February 17th, 1862 (February 17 1862) | Birth | Mori Ogai, Japanese novelist and poet (died in 1922) | |
| February 17th, 1861 (February 17 1861) | Birth | Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (died in 1922) | |
| February 17th, 1856 (February 17 1856) | Death | Heinrich Heine, German writer (born in 1797) | Heinrich Heine Quotes |
| February 17th, 1854 (February 17 1854) | Event | The British recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State. | |
| February 17th, 1854 (February 17 1854) | Birth | Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (died in 1902) | |
| February 17th, 1854 (February 17 1854) | Death | John Martin, English painter (born in 1789) | John Martin Quotes |
| February 17th, 1848 (February 17 1848) | Birth | Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (died in 1920) | |
| February 17th, 1844 (February 17 1844) | Birth | Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (died in 1913) | |
| February 17th, 1841 (February 17 1841) | Death | Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist (born in 1770) | |
| February 17th, 1836 (February 17 1836) | Birth | Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, Spanish poet (died in 1870) | |
| February 17th, 1821 (February 17 1821) | Birth | Lola Montez, Irish dancer (died in 1861) | |
| February 17th, 1820 (February 17 1820) | Birth | Elzear-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (died in 1898) | |
| February 17th, 1820 (February 17 1820) | Birth | Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (died in 1881) | |
| February 17th, 1819 (February 17 1819) | Event | The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise. | |
| February 17th, 1816 (February 17 1816) | Birth | Haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (died in 1864) | |
| February 17th, 1814 (February 17 1814) | Event | Battle of Mormans. | |
| February 17th, 1801 (February 17 1801) | Event | 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. | Thomas Jefferson Quotes |
| February 17th, 1796 (February 17 1796) | Birth | Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (died in 1866) | |
| February 17th, 1792 (February 17 1792) | Birth | Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (died in 1876) | |
| February 17th, 1781 (February 17 1781) | Birth | Rene Laennec, French physician (died in 1826) | |
| February 17th, 1780 (February 17 1780) | Death | Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (born in 1706) | |
| February 17th, 1768 (February 17 1768) | Death | Arthur Onslow, English politician (born in 1691) | |
| February 17th, 1754 (February 17 1754) | Birth | Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (died in 1803) | |
| February 17th, 1753 (February 17 1753) | Event | February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. | Julian Quotes |
| February 17th, 1752 (February 17 1752) | Birth | Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (died in 1831) | |
| February 17th, 1732 (February 17 1732) | Death | Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (born in 1669) | |
| February 17th, 1723 (February 17 1723) | Birth | Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (died in 1762) | |
| February 17th, 1718 (February 17 1718) | Birth | Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (died in 1790) | |
| February 17th, 1715 (February 17 1715) | Death | Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (born in 1646) | |
| February 17th, 1680 (February 17 1680) | Death | Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (born in 1599) | |
| February 17th, 1680 (February 17 1680) | Death | Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (born in 1637) | |
| February 17th, 1673 (February 17 1673) | Death | Moliere, French playwright (born in 1622) | Moliere Quotes |
| February 17th, 1659 (February 17 1659) | Death | Abel Servien, French diplomat (born in 1593) | |
| February 17th, 1653 (February 17 1653) | Birth | Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (died in 1713) | |
| February 17th, 1646 (February 17 1646) | Birth | Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (died in 1714) | |
| February 17th, 1624 (February 17 1624) | Death | Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (born in 1536) | |
| February 17th, 1621 (February 17 1621) | Event | Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony. | |
| February 17th, 1609 (February 17 1609) | Death | Ferdinando I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born in 1549) | |
| February 17th, 1600 (February 17 1600) | Event | Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy. | Giordano Bruno Quotes |
| February 17th, 1600 (February 17 1600) | Death | Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (born in 1548) | Giordano Bruno Quotes |
| February 17th, 1596 (February 17 1596) | Death | Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (born in 1536) | |
| February 17th, 1581 (February 17 1581) | Birth | Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (died in 1653) | |
| February 17th, 1524 (February 17 1524) | Birth | Charles of Guise, French cardinal (died in 1574) | |
| February 17th, 1519 (February 17 1519) | Birth | Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (died in 1563) | |
| February 17th, 1500 (February 17 1500) | Event | Battle of Hemmingstedt. | |
| February 17th, 1490 (February 17 1490) | Birth | Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (died in 1527) | |
| February 17th, 1371 (February 17 1371) | Death | Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria | |
| February 17th, 1339 (February 17 1339) | Death | Otto, Duke of Austria (born in 1301) | |
| February 17th, 0440 (February 17 0440) | Death | Mesrop Mashtots | |
| February 17th, 0364 (February 17 0364) | Death | Jovian, Roman Emperor | |
