Historical Events In July - 17

0180  Christenen Cittinus/Donatus/Natzalus/Secunda/Speratus/Vestia sentenced to death in Carthago on July - 17.   

0561  On July - 17 john III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I   

0656  Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.   

0855  St Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope on July - 17.   

0924  On this day in history 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  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

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

1054  On July - 17 emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king   

1070  Arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders on July - 17.   

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1203  Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees on this day in history.   

1245  On July - 17 pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time   

1345  Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

1393  On this day in history osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria   

1429  Dauphin crowned king of France on this day in history.   

1453  1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops on this day in history.   

1453  John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

1473  Charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen on this day in history.   

1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah on this day in history.   

1509  Venice recaptures Padua on July - 17.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

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 July - 17.   

1585  English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I on July - 17.   

1596  At 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya on July - 17.   

1603  On this day in history sir Walter Ralegh arrested   

1627  Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1645  On July - 17 robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician   

1674  On July - 17 isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1682  On July - 17 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 July - 17.   

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 July - 17.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

1702  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.   

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  On this day in history 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 July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.