Historical Events In November - 17
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
0284 On November - 17 diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers.
0331 On November - 17 flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor
0375 Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 on this day in history.
0473 The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1183 Battle of Mizushima on this day in history.
1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins on this day in history.
1292 On this day in history (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 November - 17.
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 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary on this day in history.
1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on November - 17.
1594 On November - 17 johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)
1603 On this day in history english explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
1608 Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 on this day in history.
1648 On this day in history thomas Ford, composer, dies
1659 Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain on November - 17.
1665 John Earle, English bishop on November - 17.
1690 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist on this day in history.
1704 On this day in history salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet
1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted on this day in history.
1745 Prince Charles Edward Stewart, accompanied by pipers, entered Carlysle following the surrender of the city to the Jacobite Army on this day in history.
1747 Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 on this day in history.
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 Jonathan Huntington, composer on November - 17.
1785 On November - 17 church of England organizes in New England
1787 On this day in history michele Carafa, composer