THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Today is Thursday, February 23, the 54th day of 2017. There are 311 days left in the year.

1455 — Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, the Bible (estimated date)

1574 — France begins fifth Holy War against Huguenots

1660 — Charles XI becomes king of Sweden

1668 — Fire in Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, emperor Leopold I rescued

1672 — Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam

1689 — Dutch prince William III proclaimed king of England

1778 — Baron von Steuben joins the Continental Army at Valley Forge

1792 — Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)

1792 — Joseph Haydn’s 94th Symphony in G, premieres

1804 — Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII

1813 — First U.S. raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham MA