Historical Events In November - 17
Thursday, 03 April 2025
0284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on this day in history.
0331 On November - 17 flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor
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 On November - 17 leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies
0594 Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on this day in history.
0885 Queen Liutgard on November - 17.
1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on this day in history.
1183 Battle of Mizushima on November - 17.
1278 On this day in history 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1292 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland on November - 17.
1503 On November - 17 il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)
1511 On November - 17 england & Spain sign anti-French covenant
1512 Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered on this day in history.
1555 On this day in history william of Orange becomes member of Council of State
1558 On this day in history elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on this day in history.
1594 On November - 17 johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)
1603 On November - 17 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 November - 17 thomas Ford, composer, dies
1659 On November - 17 peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
1665 John Earle, English bishop on this day in history.
1690 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
1785 On this day in history church of England organizes in New England
1787 On November - 17 michele Carafa, composer