Historical Events In November - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on this day in history.
0331 On November - 17 flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor
0375 On November - 17 valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54
0473 On November - 17 the future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I.
0474 On this day in history leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies
0594 Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on November - 17.
0885 Queen Liutgard on this day in history.
1093 On November - 17 margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
1183 On November - 17 battle of Mizushima.
1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins on this day in history.
1292 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland on this day in history.
1503 Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) on this day in history.
1511 On this day in history england & Spain sign anti-French covenant
1512 On this day in history kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
1555 William of Orange becomes member of Council of State on this day in history.
1558 On this day in history elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on November - 17.
1594 Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) on November - 17.
1603 On this day in history english explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
1608 On November - 17 adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22
1648 Thomas Ford, composer, dies on November - 17.
1659 On November - 17 peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
1665 On this day in history john Earle, English bishop
1690 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist on November - 17.
1704 Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet on November - 17.
1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted on November - 17.
1745 On November - 17 prince Charles Edward Stewart, accompanied by pipers, entered Carlysle following the surrender of the city to the Jacobite Army.
1747 On November - 17 alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79
1755 On this day in history louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)
1768 On November - 17 thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75
1770 On November - 17 gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38
1771 On this day in history jonathan Huntington, composer
1785 On November - 17 church of England organizes in New England
1787 On this day in history michele Carafa, composer