Historical Events In November - 17
Thursday, 21 November 2024
0284 On November - 17 diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers.
0331 On November - 17 flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor
0375 On this day in history valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54
0473 On November - 17 the future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I.
0474 On this day in history leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies
0594 Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on November - 17.
0885 On November - 17 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 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 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 this day in history kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
1555 William of Orange becomes member of Council of State on this day in history.
1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary on November - 17.
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 this day in history.
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 Thomas Ford, composer, dies on this day in history.
1659 Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain on this day in history.
1665 On November - 17 john Earle, English bishop
1690 On November - 17 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 Prince Charles Edward Stewart, accompanied by pipers, entered Carlysle following the surrender of the city to the Jacobite Army on this day in history.
1747 Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 on November - 17.
1755 On this day in history louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)
1768 On this day in history thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75
1770 On November - 17 gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38
1771 On November - 17 jonathan Huntington, composer
1785 Church of England organizes in New England on November - 17.
1787 Michele Carafa, composer on this day in history.