Historical Events In November - 17

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 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  On this day in history gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies   

0885  On this day in history queen Liutgard   

1093  On this day in history margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies   

1183  Battle of Mizushima on November - 17.   

1278  On November - 17 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins   

1292  On November - 17 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.   

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) on November - 17.   

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  Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet on this day in history.   

1734  On this day in history john Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted   

1745  On November - 17 prince Charles Edward Stewart, accompanied by pipers, entered Carlysle following the surrender of the city to the Jacobite Army.   

1747  On November - 17 alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79   

1755  Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24) on November - 17.   

1768  Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 on November - 17.   

1770  Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1771  On November - 17 jonathan Huntington, composer   

1785  Church of England organizes in New England on November - 17.   

1787  Michele Carafa, composer on November - 17.   

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0009  On this day in history birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)   

1502  Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) was born on November - 17.   

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on November - 17.   

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) was born on November - 17.   

1612  On this day in history birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)   

1681  On this day in history birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)   

1685  On November - 17 birth of pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)   

0375  On this day in history valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54   

0474  On November - 17 leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies   

0594  Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on this day in history.   

0641  Death of Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) on November - 17.   

0680  Death of Hilda of Whitby (b. 614) on November - 17.   

0885  On November - 17 death of queen Liutgard   

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on November - 17.   

1231  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)