The April 17th is the 107e Jour of the Année (108e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier.

Events

1 to 1900

• 1492 : signature of the Capitulation S of, allowing Christophe Colomb to cross the Atlantic Ocean

• 1521: Martin Luther is excommunicated
• 1524: Giovanni da Verrazano reaches bay of New York
• 1861: The Virginia makes secession of the the United States.

20th century

• 1905 : Deliberations on the project and the private bills concerning the separation of the Church and the State, National Assembly
  of France (House of Commons), 15ère meeting, Lira in line

• 1927: With Murcie (Spain), alternate of Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega known as “Cagancho”, Spanish Matador.
• 1941 : Second world war: The Yugoslavia goes to the Germany
• 1955: April 17th is proclaimed day of gratitude for the action of the pope (Pie XII) during the war by the Union of the Jewish communities of Italy.
• 1956 : Dissolution of the Cominform
• 1960: With alternative Valence (Spain), of Paco Camino, Spanish Matador
• 1961: The invasion missed by Cuba ( the Bay of the Pigs ) begins
• 1967: Creation of the Popular movement of the Revolution, sole party of the Democratic republic of Congo, then Zaire, with the Proclamation of the Saddle
• 1969: Alexander Dubček, first secretary of the Communist party of the Czechoslovakia is deposited
• 1970: Apollo 13 returns on ground.
• 1975 : The Kampuchea falls to the hands from the Khmer Rouge
• 1982: Ottawa (Canada) - the queen Elisabeth II of the United Kingdom proclaims the “repatriation” of the Canadian Constitution of 1982 ( the Canadian charter of the rights and freedoms ).

21e century

• 2003 : The National Assembly of transition from the Burundi adopts with a vast majority (128 votes for, 3 against and 26 abstentions) a law, many deferred time, which represses the war crimes, the Crimes against humanity and the Génocide.

Births

• 1278 : Michel VIII Paleologist, Co Byzantine Emperor († 1320)
• 1750: Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau, poet and academician French († 1828).
• 1794 : Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Botanist and a German explorer († 1868).
• 1837 : John Pierpont Morgan, financier, collector of art and American philanthropist († 1913).
• 1842 : Maurice Rouvier, French Politician († 1911)
• 1863: Constantin Cavafy, Greek poet († 1933).
• 1885 : Karen Blixen (alias Isak Dinesen ) Danish woman of letters († 1962).
• 1894 : Nikita Khrouchtchev, Soviet politician and First secretary 1958 - 1964. († September 11th 1971)
• 1895: Antonio Locatelli, Aviator, Politician, writer, Journalist, painter and Draftsman Italy N. († June 27th 1936).
• 1897 : Thornton Wilder, American playwright. († December 7th 1975)
• 1909: Alain Poher, French politician († 1996).
• 1911 : Herve Bazin, French writer. († February 17th 1996)
• 1912: Marta Eggerth, Hungarian actress.
• 1918 : William Holden, American actor. († October 16th 1981)
• 1919: Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian Politician
• 1920: Edmonde Charles-Roux, French writer.
• 1923 : Jacques Sternberg, Franco-Belgian author of Science fiction († October 11th 2006)
• 1927: Graziella Sciutti, Italian professional singer.
• 1938 : Perrette Pradier, French actress.
• 1940 :
• Claire Bretécher, French dessinatrice of cartoons.
• Billy Fury, British singer .
• 1942 : Katia Kraft, French volcanologist († 1991)
• 1946: Michele Richard, singer and Québécois actress .
• 1948 : Jan Hammer, type-setter and Czech actor.
• 1950 : Gerard Schivardi, French political personality
• 1952: Patrick Roy, stimulating French of radio and television. († February 18th 1993)
• 1955: Chantal Bertouille, Belgian political woman of French language.
• 1959 : Sean Bean, British actor .
• 1972 : Jennifer Garner, American actress.
• 1975 : Victoria Beckham, British singer .

Death

• 326 : Alexandre of Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria

• 487: Proclos, Greek philosopher (° 412)
• 1080: Harald III of Denmark, king de Danemark (° 1041)
• 1427: Jean IV of the Brabant, duke of the Brabant (° June 11th 1403)
• 1574: Joachim Camerarius Old the, German scholar (° 1500)
• 1695: Sor Juana, Mexican writer
• 1696: French Madam de Sévigné ( Marie of Rabutin-Chantal ), écrivaine (° February 5th 1626)
• 1711: Joseph Ier of the Holy roman Empire, Germanic Roman Emperor (° July 26th 1678)
• 1761: Thomas Bayes, British mathematician
• 1764: Johann Mattheson, German type-setter (° September 28th 1681)
• 1790: Benjamin Franklin, politician, inventor, diplomatic states-unien (° January 17th 1706)
• 1821: Jean-Pierre Louis de Fontanes, writer and politician French (° March 6th 1757)
• 1843: Samuel Morey, inventive states-unien (° October 23rd 1762)
• 1891: Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada (° January 28th 1822)
• 1936: Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch Prime Minister (° February 1st 1873)
• 1942: Jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize of physics 1926 (° September 30th 1870)
• 1960: Eddie Cochran, rocker states-unien (° October 3rd 1938)
• 1967: Red Allen, trumpet player of jazz states-unien (° January 7th 1908)
• 1975: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian political personality (° September 5th 1888)
• 1976: Henrik Prejudice, Dutch biochemist, Nobel Prize of medicine 1943 (° February 21st 1895)
• 1986: Marcel Dassault, engineer, contractor and manufacturer of French planes. (° January 22nd 1892)
• 1990
• Reverend Ralph Abernathy, militant states-unien of the civic rights (° March 11th 1936)
• Ronald Evans, American astronaut (° November 10th 1933)
• 1994: Roger Wolcott Sperry, neurobiologist states-unien, Nobel Prize of medicine 1981 (° August 20th 1913)
• 1998: Linda McCartney, photographer and musician states-unienne (° September 24th 1941)
• 1999: Ralph Messac, journalist and lawyer French (° September 8th 1924)
• 2003: Robert Atkins, doctor and nutritionnist states-unien (° October 17th 1930)
• 2003: Earl King (in), type-setter author and guitarist of blues, rock'n'roll 'N roll and rythm and blues. (° February 7th 1934)

Celebrations

• Day of gratitude for the action of the pope (Pie XII) during the war , for the Union of the Jewish communities of Italy.

Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day

• Siméon of Persia († towards 341), bishops and martyrs with 1154 companions.
• Etienne Harding († the March 28th 1134)

Orthodoxe saints of the day

• Zosime de Solovki († 1478), cofounder of the Monastery of Solovki.

See too

• April 17th in sport
• April 17th in the railroads

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