Historical Events In November - 17
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
0284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
0885 On November - 17 queen Liutgard
1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on this day in history.
1183 Battle of Mizushima on this day in history.
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 On November - 17 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 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 this day in history.
1594 On November - 17 johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)
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 November - 17.
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 November - 17 noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist
1704 On November - 17 salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet
1734 On November - 17 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 this day in history.
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 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on November - 17.
1771 On November - 17 jonathan Huntington, composer
1785 Church of England organizes in New England on this day in history.
1787 Michele Carafa, composer on this day in history.