February 17: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
__NOTOC__ | |||
'''February 17''' is the 48th day of the year in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar Gregorian Calendar]. It is preceded by [[February 16]], and succeeded by [[February 18]]. Following February 17, there are 317 days in the year (318 in leap years). | '''February 17''' is the 48th day of the year in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar Gregorian Calendar]. It is preceded by [[February 16]], and succeeded by [[February 18]]. Following February 17, there are 317 days in the year (318 in leap years). | ||
| Line 21: | Line 20: | ||
==Holidays and observances== | ==Holidays and observances== | ||
* '''[[Adyar Day]]''', honoring death of H. S. Olcott; began in 1922 | * '''[[Adyar Day]]''', honoring death of H. S. Olcott; began in 1922 | ||
* '''Olcott Day''' in Sri Lanka, celebrating that day in 1880 | * '''Olcott Day''' in Sri Lanka, celebrating that day in 1880 when [[Henry Steel Olcott|H. S. Olcott]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] arrived in Ceylon. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 17 January 2015
February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by February 16, and succeeded by February 18. Following February 17, there are 317 days in the year (318 in leap years).
Blavatsky's Gem of the Day
"Every tree hath its shadow, every sorrow its joy."
Events
- 1881 – A General Council meeting was held where it was decided by unanimous vote that the President and the Corresponding Secretary would hold office for life. Damodar K. Mavalankar was appointed Joint Recording Secretary.
- 1953 – Nilakanta Sri Ram (1889-1973), took office as the fifth international President of the Theosophical Society (Adyar).
Births
- 1847 – date claimed by C. W. Leadbeater, as recorded on his passports, though the birth records show he was born on February 16, 1854.
- 1867 – Charles Johnston, Sanskrit scholar and Theosophist, married to H. P. Blavatsky's niece Vera Vladimirovna de Zhelihovsky (d. 1931)
Deaths
- 1600 – Giordano Bruno, martyred under Diocletian; philosopher and astronomer (b. 1548)
- 1907 – Henry Steel Olcott, American attorney; Co-founder and first International President of Theosophical Society, serving from 1875-1907. (b. 1832)
- 1986 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, spiritual teacher, philosopher, and writer raised by Theosophists Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater (b. 1895).
Holidays and observances
- Adyar Day, honoring death of H. S. Olcott; began in 1922
- Olcott Day in Sri Lanka, celebrating that day in 1880 when H. S. Olcott and H. P. Blavatsky arrived in Ceylon.
External links
Calendar
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||