Historical Events In July - 17

0180  On this day in history christenen Cittinus/Donatus/Natzalus/Secunda/Speratus/Vestia sentenced to death in Carthago   

0561  On this day in history john III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I   

0656  On July - 17 uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0855  On July - 17 st Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0924  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 on July - 17.   

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

1025  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1054  On this day in history emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king   

1070  Arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders on this day in history.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.   

1203  On July - 17 venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees   

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

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

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

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

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

1453  John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

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

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

1509  Venice recaptures Padua on this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1549  Jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium on this day in history.   

1552  Siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun on this day in history.   

1583  Spanish & Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk on July - 17.   

1585  On this day in history english secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I   

1596  At 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya on July - 17.   

1603  On July - 17 sir Walter Ralegh arrested   

1627  Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 on July - 17.   

1645  On July - 17 robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician   

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

1682  On July - 17 johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29   

1686  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 on July - 17.   

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

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 July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.   

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

1763  On July - 17 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 this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1531  On this day in history death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)