August 17
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Significant events that happened (or will happen) on August 17.
Events
Births
Deaths
- 1757 – Peter Jefferson dies in Albemarle County. Jefferson was a prominent cartographer and surveyor within the colony and eventually served as Albemarle County's representative to the House of Burgesses; he was also the father of Thomas Jefferson.
References
- ↑ Web. Kills 48 Snakes In Sugar Hollow, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, August 18, 1933, retrieved May 6, 2019. Print. August 18, 1933 page 3.