Historical Events In April - 07
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
0000 Jesus crucified (scholar's estimates) or not (some scholars disagree) 

0030 Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem (scholars' estimate) 

0030 Scholars' estimate Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem 

0030 Christ, crucified, according to astronomer Schaefer, dies 

0451 Attila's Hun's plunder Metz 

0529 inaugural draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. 

0924 Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered 

1118 Pope Gelasius II excommunicated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor 

1348 Prague U, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV 

1444 John Capreolus, French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50. 

1456 Louis van Burbon is recorded as becoming prince-bishop of Luik 

1498 Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy. 

1498 Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies at 27. 

1506 Francis Xavier, saint/Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan. 

1509 France declares war on Venice. 

1521 Inquisitor-general Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books 

1524 Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht, dies 

1534 Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary (Brazilian Tupi-Indians) 

1541 Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies 

1584 Ieper surrenders to duke Van Parma. 

1614 El Greco Spanish painter, dies (birth date unknown) 

1614 El Greco, Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown). 

1622 Louise Hollandine, daughter of King Frederik V and Elizabeth Stuart 

1625 Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander. 

1629 Juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general/governor of Netherlands 

1645 Michael Cardozo is recorded as becoming 1st Jewish lawyer in Brazil 

1648 Ferdinand van Kessel, Flemish painter 

1652 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, S Africa. 

1652 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa White Dutch, that is 

1655 In this year, Fabio Chigi adopts in place of Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII 

1694 Coelestin Praelisauer, composer. 

1699 Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer. 

1712 Slave revolt (NYC). 

1719 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67 

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