On this day: August 17
Events
Battle of the Gates of TrajanAugust 17, AD 986 · Wars & Conflicts
Dakota War of 1862August 17, 1862 – December 26, 1862 · Wars & Conflicts
Battle of StallupönenAugust 17, 1914 · Wars & Conflicts
Release of The PatriotAugust 17, 1928 · Film
Indonesian National RevolutionAugust 17, 1945 – December 27, 1949 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of Kind of BlueAugust 17, 1959 · Music
- Release of W.A.S.P.August 17, 1984 · Music
- Release of Eaten Back to LifeAugust 17, 1990 · Music
1999 İzmit earthquakeAugust 17, 1999 · Geography- Release of Rat RaceAugust 17, 2001 · Film
Born on this day
Johannes Valentinus AndreaeAugust 17, 1586 – June 27, 1654 · Science
Nicola PorporaAugust 17, 1686 – March 3, 1768 · Music- Eberhard August Wilhelm von ZimmermannAugust 17, 1743 – July 4, 1815 · Science
Davy CrockettAugust 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836 · Exploration
Peter BenoitAugust 17, 1834 – March 8, 1901 · Music
Traian VuiaAugust 17, 1872 – September 3, 1950 · Technology
Paul TroostAugust 17, 1878 – 1934 · Culture
Pierre CérésoleAugust 17, 1879 – October 23, 1945 · Science
Adriaan Daniel FokkerAugust 17, 1887 – September 24, 1972 · Music
Walter NoddackAugust 17, 1893 – December 7, 1960 · Science
Rudolf HaagAugust 17, 1922 – January 5, 2016 · Science
V. S. NaipaulAugust 17, 1932 – August 11, 2018 · Culture
Jean-Jacques SempéAugust 17, 1932 – August 11, 2022 · Art
Margaret HamiltonAugust 17, 1936 – September 30, 2026 · Science- Floyd Red Crow WestermanAugust 17, 1936 – December 13, 2007 · Music
Nikolai GubenkoAugust 17, 1941 – August 16, 2020 · Film
Muslim MagomayevAugust 17, 1942 – October 25, 2008 · Music
Robert De NiroAugust 17, 1943 – present · Film
Mykola ShmatkoAugust 17, 1943 – September 15, 2020 · Art
Rexhep MeidaniAugust 17, 1944 – present · Science
Julian FellowesAugust 17, 1949 – present · Film
Robert JoyAugust 17, 1951 – present · Music- Richard HuntAugust 17, 1951 – January 7, 1992 · Film
Kathryn C. ThorntonAugust 17, 1952 – present · Space
Herta MüllerAugust 17, 1953 – present · Culture
Robert ThirskAugust 17, 1953 – present · Space
Ingrid DaubechiesAugust 17, 1954 – present · Science
Philippe AghionAugust 17, 1956 – present · Politics
Rabih Abou-KhalilAugust 17, 1957 – present · Music
Sean PennAugust 17, 1960 – present · Film
S. ShankarAugust 17, 1963 – present · Film
Andriy KuzmenkoAugust 17, 1968 – February 2, 2015 · Music
Donnie WahlbergAugust 17, 1969 – present · Music
Tarja TurunenAugust 17, 1977 – present · Music
Lene MarlinAugust 17, 1980 – present · Music
Mark SallingAugust 17, 1982 – January 30, 2018 · Music
Brady CorbetAugust 17, 1988 – present · Film
Phoebe BridgersAugust 17, 1994 – present · Music