January 17

January 17, 1873

T.C. Murray, playwright, born

January 17, 1866

George Petrie, folk music collector, dies

January 17, 1861

Lola Montez, Irish dancer and courtesan dies in New York

January 17, 1860

Douglas Hyde, Irish playwright, born

January 17, 1856

Joseph Haydn, Irish journalist, author of Dictionary of Dates, dies

January 17, 1746

Last Jacobite victory at the Battle of Falkirk

January 17, 1649

Marquis of Ormond James Butler negotiated a peace treaty