Historical Events In November - 17
Monday, 20 January 2025
0284 On this day in history diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers.
0331 Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor on this day in history.
0375 On November - 17 valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54
0473 The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I on November - 17.
0474 Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on November - 17.
0594 Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on this day in history.
0885 On November - 17 queen Liutgard
1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on November - 17.
1183 On this day in history battle of Mizushima.
1278 On November - 17 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1292 On November - 17 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
1503 On this day in history il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)
1511 England & Spain sign anti-French covenant on this day in history.
1512 On November - 17 kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
1555 On November - 17 william of Orange becomes member of Council of State
1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary on November - 17.
1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on November - 17.
1594 On this day in history johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)
1603 English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason on November - 17.
1608 Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 on this day in history.
1648 Thomas Ford, composer, dies on this day in history.
1659 Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain on November - 17.
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 this day in history.
1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted on November - 17.
1745 Prince Charles Edward Stewart, accompanied by pipers, entered Carlysle following the surrender of the city to the Jacobite Army on November - 17.
1747 Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 on November - 17.
1755 Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24) on November - 17.
1768 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 on November - 17.
1770 On this day in history gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38
1771 On this day in history jonathan Huntington, composer
1785 On this day in history church of England organizes in New England
1787 On this day in history michele Carafa, composer