Historical Events In November - 17

0284  Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on this day in history.   

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

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  On November - 17 england & Spain sign anti-French covenant   

1512  On November - 17 kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered   

1555  On November - 17 william of Orange becomes member of Council of State   

1558  Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary on this day in history.   

1558  On November - 17 mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42   

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

1603  On November - 17 english explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.   

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  On November - 17 john Earle, English bishop   

1690  On this day in history noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist   

1704  On November - 17 salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet   

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  Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 on November - 17.   

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

1768  On this day in history thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75   

1770  Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on November - 17.   

1771  On this day in history jonathan Huntington, composer   

1785  On this day in history church of England organizes in New England   

1787  Michele Carafa, composer on November - 17.   

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0009  Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history birth of atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)   

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

1576  On this day in history birth of roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)   

1594  On November - 17 birth of johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)   

1612  On November - 17 birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)   

1681  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

1685  Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) was born on November - 17.   

0375  On November - 17 valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54   

0474  On this day in history leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies   

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

0641  On this day in history death of emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)   

0680  On this day in history death of hilda of Whitby (b. 614)   

0885  On this day in history death of queen Liutgard   

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

1231  On November - 17 death of elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)