Happy Birthday, Liam! (and other people who were born on Feb.17)

Yesterday was Liam's birthday! He turned 4 years old! :)
Here are some births, deaths and event that happened on the  same day in history!

   Events

• 364- Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of 8 months. He is found dead in his tent in Asia Minor.
• 1370- Northern Crusades: Teutonic Knights and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania fight in the Battle of Rudau.
• 1500- Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
• 1600- The philosopher, Giordano Bruno is burned alive, for heresy at Campo de' Fiori.
• 1621- Myles Standish is appointed the first ruler of the Plymouth colony.
• 1753- In Sweden Feb. 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
• 1801- A electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.

              Births

• 624- Wu Zetian- Empress of The Zhou Dynasty of China
• 1490- Charles III, Duke Bourbon- Constable of France
• 1519- Francis, Duke of Guise- French soldier and politician
• 1524- Charles of Guise- French cardinal
• 1581- Fausto Poli- Italian Catholic priest
• 1646- Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert- French economist
• 1653- Arcangelo Corelli- Italian composer
• 1723- Tobias Mayer- German astronomer

        Deaths

•  364- Jovian- Roman Emperor
• 440- Mesrop Mashtots- Armenian monk
• 1339- Otto- Duke of Austria
• 1371- Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
• 1596- Friedrich Sylburg- German scholar
• 1600- Giordani Bronu- Italian philosopher
• 1652- Gregorio Allegri- Italian composer

Thanks for reading!