Historical Events In November - 17
Friday, 21 February 2025
0284 On this day in history diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers.
0331 On this day in history flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor
0375 On this day in history 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 On November - 17 gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies
0885 Queen Liutgard on this day in history.
1093 On November - 17 margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
1183 On this day in history battle of Mizushima.
1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins on November - 17.
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 November - 17.
1511 England & Spain sign anti-French covenant on November - 17.
1512 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1558 On November - 17 mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42
1594 Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) on this day in history.
1603 On November - 17 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 On November - 17 thomas Ford, composer, dies
1659 On November - 17 peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
1665 On November - 17 john Earle, English bishop
1690 On this day in history noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist
1704 On this day in history salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet
1734 On this day in history john Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted
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 On November - 17 louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)
1768 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 on November - 17.
1770 On November - 17 gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38
1771 Jonathan Huntington, composer on November - 17.
1785 Church of England organizes in New England on November - 17.
1787 Michele Carafa, composer on November - 17.