February 17th in History
February 17th
364 – Roman Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route back to Constantinople in suspicious circumstances.
1600 – The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive, for heresy, at Campo de’ Fiori in Rome.
On February 17 1688 James Renwick, the last Covenanter martyr, was executed. He had been declared a rebel after renouncing his allegiance toCharles II in 1680 and declaring him a tyrant and usurper. He was ruthlessly pursued all over Scotland until finally he was caught and hanged.
1874 Conservatives under Disraeli, won their first majority since 1841.
1883Mr. A. Ashwell of Herne Hill, south London, patented Vacant - Engaged signs for toilet doors.
1914Women suffragettes in Britain turned violent. They set fire to the Lawn Tennis Club and broke windows at the residence of the Home Secretary.
1919 – The Ukrainian People’s Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks .
1955Fanny Cradock's first cookery programme Kitchen Magic, was broadcast on television. She mostly worked with her then common-law husband Johnny Cradock, adopting his surname long before they married.
The infamous 'doughnut line' is often attributed to Johnny Cradock - Quote: 'You too can have doughnuts like Fanny's', but it was almost certainly said by a Scottish continuity announcer.
1973: The band Free disband for the second and final time after playing their last show at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Florida. Singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke would form as Bad Company later the same year.
On 17th February 1976, Operation Julie was launched at a meeting in Brecon, involving a number of chief constables and senior drug squad officers. It eventually resulted in the break-up of one of the largest LSD manufacturing operations in the world.
The subsequent drugs raid in 1977 on an LSD factory in mid-Wales discovered six million tabs, which was the largest stash of illegal drugs ever found and resulted in dozens of people being arrested.
364 – Roman Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route back to Constantinople in suspicious circumstances.
1600 – The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive, for heresy, at Campo de’ Fiori in Rome.
On February 17 1688 James Renwick, the last Covenanter martyr, was executed. He had been declared a rebel after renouncing his allegiance toCharles II in 1680 and declaring him a tyrant and usurper. He was ruthlessly pursued all over Scotland until finally he was caught and hanged.
1874 Conservatives under Disraeli, won their first majority since 1841.
1883Mr. A. Ashwell of Herne Hill, south London, patented Vacant - Engaged signs for toilet doors.
1914Women suffragettes in Britain turned violent. They set fire to the Lawn Tennis Club and broke windows at the residence of the Home Secretary.
1919 – The Ukrainian People’s Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks .
1955Fanny Cradock's first cookery programme Kitchen Magic, was broadcast on television. She mostly worked with her then common-law husband Johnny Cradock, adopting his surname long before they married.
The infamous 'doughnut line' is often attributed to Johnny Cradock - Quote: 'You too can have doughnuts like Fanny's', but it was almost certainly said by a Scottish continuity announcer.
1973: The band Free disband for the second and final time after playing their last show at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Florida. Singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke would form as Bad Company later the same year.
On 17th February 1976, Operation Julie was launched at a meeting in Brecon, involving a number of chief constables and senior drug squad officers. It eventually resulted in the break-up of one of the largest LSD manufacturing operations in the world.
The subsequent drugs raid in 1977 on an LSD factory in mid-Wales discovered six million tabs, which was the largest stash of illegal drugs ever found and resulted in dozens of people being arrested.
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