Historical Events In July - 17

0180  Christenen Cittinus/Donatus/Natzalus/Secunda/Speratus/Vestia sentenced to death in Carthago on July - 17.   

0561  John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I on July - 17.   

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

0855  St Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope on July - 17.   

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

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

1054  Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king on this day in history.   

1070  On July - 17 arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders   

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

1203  On this day in history venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees   

1245  On this day in history pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time   

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

1393  Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria on July - 17.   

1429  Dauphin crowned king of France on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1473  On July - 17 charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen   

1487  On July - 17 esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1509  On this day in history venice recaptures Padua   

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  On this day in history siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun   

1583  Spanish & Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history 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  Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1645  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1702  Johann Schneider, composer on July - 17.   

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

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  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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