This Day in History : [ 17 / Sep ]

1954 "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding is published by Faber and Faber in London

He is best known for his novel Lord of the Flies and for winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.

Sep 17 1192

Minamoto no Sanetomo Japanese 3rd shgun of the Kamakura shogunate (d. 1219)

Sep 17 1271

Wenceslaus II King of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305) born in Prague Bohemia (d. 1305)

Sep 17 1550

Pope Paul V [Camillo Borghese] 233rd pope (1605-21) and persecutor of Galileo born in Rome (d. 1621)

Sep 17 1580

Charlotte Brabantia countess of Nassau and daughter of Willem of Orange born in Antwerp (d. 1631)

Sep 17 1605

Francesco Sacrati Italian composer born in Parma Italy (d. 1650)

Sep 17 1619

John Lambert English general-major and parliamentary leader born in Kirkby Malham England (d. 1684)

Sep 17 1630

Ranuccio II Farnese Duke of Parma born in Parma (d. 1694)

Sep 17 1639

Hans Herr Swiss Mennonite bishop born in Zrich Switzerland (d. 1725)

Sep 17 1643

Gilbert Burnet Scottish philosopher and Bishop of Salisbury born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1715)

Sep 17 1677

Stephen Hales English physiologist chemist and inventor (first person to measure blood pressure) born in Bekesbourne Kent England (d. 1761)

Sep 17 1687

Durastante Natalucci Italian historian (specialized in history of Trevi in Umbria) born in Picicche di Trevi Italy (d. 1772)

Sep 17 1688

Maria Luisa of Savoy Queen consort of Spain to Philip V (1701-14) born in Royal Palace of Turin Savoy (d. 1714)

Sep 17 1711

Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer Austrian composer born in Vienna (d. 1783)

Sep 17 1714

Gottlieb Rabener German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire) born in Wachau Germany (d. 1771)

Sep 17 1739

John Rutledge American 2nd Chief Justice of the United States born in Charleston South Carolina British America (d. 1800)

Sep 17 1743

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat Marquis of Condorcet French enlightenment philosopher and mathematician born in Ribemont Picardy France (d. 1794)

Sep 17 1748

Robert Wainwright English composer and church organist (d.1782)

Sep 17 1764

John Goodricke English deaf astronomer (first to notice that some variable stars were periodic) born in Groningen Netherlands (d. 1786)

Sep 17 1767

Henri-Montan Berton French composer (d. 1844)

Sep 17 1771

Johann August Apel German jurist and writer born in Leipzig Germany (d. 1816)

Sep 17 1774

Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti Italian cardinal linguist and hyperpolyglot (understood 70 languages) born in Bologna Italy (d. 1849)

Sep 17 1783

Samuel Prout British water color painter born in Plymouth England (d. 1852)

Sep 17 1795

Saverio Mercadante Italian composer born in Altamura Bari Italy (d. 1870)

Sep 17 1798

Antonio Benedetto Antonucci Italian cardinal and diplomat born in Subiaco Italy (d. 1879)

Sep 17 1800

Franklin Buchanan American first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1874)

Sep 17 1801

Edward William Lane British lexicographer and translator (One Thousand & One Nights) born in Hereford England (d. 1876)

Sep 17 1814

Stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti Italian composer born in Asti Piedmont Italy (d. 1882)

Sep 17 1819

Leon Foucault French physicist (pendulum proved Earth rotates) born in Paris (d. 1968)

Sep 17 1819

Marthinus Wessels Pretorius 1st president of the Republic South Africa born in Graaff Reinet Cape Colony (d. 1901)

Sep 17 1820

Earl Van Dorn American Major General (Confederate Army) born in Claiborne County Mississippi (d. 1863)

Sep 17 1815

Halfdan Kjerulf Norwegian composer (Brudefaerden i Hardanger) born in Christiania Norway (d. 1868)

Sep 17 1820

mile Augier French dramatist born in Valence Drme Kingdom of France (d. 1889)

Sep 17 1821

Arthur Saint-Leon French composer and dancer born in Paris (d. 1870)

Sep 17 1176 At the Battle of Myriokephalon the Byzantines fail to recover Anatolia from Turkish rule.

Sep 17 1394 Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI

Sep 17 1462 The Battle of wiecino (or Battle of arnowiec) is fought during Thirteen Years War.

This Day in History : [ 17 / Sep ]

1954 "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding is published by Faber and Faber in London

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1954 "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding is published by Faber and Faber in London

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