Historical Events In November - 17
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
0284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on November - 17.
0331 Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor on this day in history.
0375 Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 on November - 17.
0473 On November - 17 the future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I.
0474 Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on November - 17.
0594 Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on November - 17.
0885 On this day in history queen Liutgard
1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on this day in history.
1183 Battle of Mizushima on November - 17.
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 November - 17.
1512 On November - 17 kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
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 November - 17.
1594 Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) on November - 17.
1603 English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason on November - 17.
1608 On this day in history adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22
1648 On this day in history thomas Ford, composer, dies
1659 On this day in history 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 November - 17.
1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted on November - 17.
1745 Prince Charles Edward Stewart, accompanied by pipers, entered Carlysle following the surrender of the city to the Jacobite Army on November - 17.
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 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1770 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on November - 17.
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