Historical Events In July - 17

0180  Christenen Cittinus/Donatus/Natzalus/Secunda/Speratus/Vestia sentenced to death in Carthago on this day in history.   

0561  John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I on this day in history.   

0656  Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

0855  On this day in history st Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0924  On July - 17 edward the Elder of Wessex and Mercia dies and is succeeded by his son Athelstan, 29, who will reign until 940, continuing his father's conquest of the Danelaw north of the Thames-Lea line from the Vikings who have been in Britain since 787   

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.   

1054  On July - 17 emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king   

1070  Arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders on July - 17.   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1203  Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees on this day in history.   

1245  Pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time on July - 17.   

1345  Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

1393  Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1429  Dauphin crowned king of France on this day in history.   

1453  On this day in history 1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops   

1453  John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

1473  Charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen on this day in history.   

1487  On this day in history esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1509  Venice recaptures Padua on July - 17.   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1549  On July - 17 jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium   

1552  Siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun on July - 17.   

1583  On this day in history spanish & Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk   

1585  On July - 17 english secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I   

1596  On this day in history at 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya   

1603  Sir Walter Ralegh arrested on July - 17.   

1627  On July - 17 lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67   

1645  Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on July - 17.   

1674  On this day in history isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1682  Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1686  On July - 17 a meeting takes place at Lüneburg between several Protestant powers in order to discuss the formation of an 'evangelical' league of defence, called the 'Confederatio Militiae Evangelicae', against the Catholic League.   

1695  On this day in history establishment of the Bank of Scotland under an Act of the Scottish Parliament,The Three Estates.   

1702  On July - 17 johann Schneider, composer   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on this day in history.   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)