1578 ~ Francesco Albani the Italian painter was born on the 17th August 1578 (died 1660).
1786 ~ Davy Crockett the American soldier and politician was born on the 17th August 1786 (died 1836).
1807 ~ Robert Fulton‘s North River Steamboat left New York for Albany on the Hudson River on the 17th August 1807, inaugurating the 1st commercial steamboat service in the world.
