Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/August/August 17
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- 1676 – Death of Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, author of Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus
- 1786 – Death of King Frederick II of Prussia
- 1956 – The Communist Party of Germany is declared illegal by the Federal Constitutional Court