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 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 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   

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

1070  On this day in history arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders   

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

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 July - 17.   

1393  Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria on July - 17.   

1429  Dauphin crowned king of France on July - 17.   

1453  1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops on July - 17.   

1453  On this day in history john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1473  On this day in history charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen   

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

1509  Venice recaptures Padua on this day in history.   

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

1549  Jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium on July - 17.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1645  On this day in history robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) on this day in history.   

1682  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 establishment of the Bank of Scotland under an Act of the Scottish Parliament,The Three Estates.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer on this day in history.   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

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

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

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 July - 17.   

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

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 July - 17.   

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

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