Historical Events In December - 17
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
0283 St Gaius begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0546 Gothic War (535-554): The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison on December - 17.
0695 Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.
0920 Romanos I is crowned as co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII on this day in history.
0942 Assassination of William I of Normandy on December - 17.
0942 William Longsword on this day in history.
1187 On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies
1195 Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on this day in history.
1213 Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1273 On this day in history rumi (b.1207)
1398 Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur on this day in history.
1471 Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.
1493 On December - 17 philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)
1526 Ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia on this day in history.
1531 On December - 17 pope Clement VII establishes a parallel body to the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal.
1538 On this day in history pope Paul III excommunicated England's King Henry VIII
1554 On this day in history ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne
1562 Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82 on this day in history.
1572 Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands on this day in history.
1586 On December - 17 emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan.
1587 Earl Leicesters army leaves Netherlands on this day in history.
1600 Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici on this day in history.
1619 On this day in history ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician
1637 On December - 17 shimabara Rebellion: Japanese peasants led by Amakusa Shiro rise against daimyo Matsukura Shigeharu.
1638 On this day in history french/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine
1638 Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer on this day in history.
1651 On this day in history wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81
1679 Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on December - 17.
1706 Chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer on December - 17.
1711 Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies on December - 17.
1718 On December - 17 england declares war on Spain
1728 Congregation Shearith Israel of NY purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build NY's 1st synagogue on this day in history.
1734 William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.
1745 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland
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