Historical Events In November - 17
Friday, 17 January 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 Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 on November - 17.
0473 On this day in history the future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I.
0474 Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on this day in history.
0594 Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on this day in history.
0885 Queen Liutgard on November - 17.
1093 On this day in history margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
1183 On this day in history battle of Mizushima.
1278 On November - 17 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1292 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland on this day in history.
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 this day in history kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
1555 On November - 17 william of Orange becomes member of Council of State
1558 On November - 17 elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
1558 On November - 17 mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42
1594 On November - 17 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 this day in history.
1665 John Earle, English bishop on this day in history.
1690 On November - 17 noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist
1704 Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet on this day in history.
1734 On November - 17 john Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted
1745 On this day in history prince Charles Edward Stewart, accompanied by pipers, entered Carlysle following the surrender of the city to the Jacobite Army.
1747 On this day in history 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 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