Historical Events In December - 17

0283  St Gaius begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 17.  

0546  Gothic War (535-554): The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison on this day in history.  

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.  

0920  Romanos I is crowned as co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII on December - 17.  

0942  On December - 17 assassination of William I of Normandy.  

0942  William Longsword on this day in history.  

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies  

1195  On December - 17 boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies  

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53  

1273  On this day in history rumi (b.1207)  

1398  On this day in history sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.  

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.  

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) on this day in history.  

1526  On December - 17 ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia  

1531  On this day in history pope Clement VII establishes a parallel body to the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal.  

1538  Pope Paul III excommunicated England's King Henry VIII on December - 17.  

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne on December - 17.  

1562  Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82 on December - 17.  

1572  Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands on December - 17.  

1586  On this day in history emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan.  

1587  On December - 17 earl Leicesters army leaves Netherlands  

1600  On this day in history marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.  

1619  On this day in history ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician  

1637  Shimabara Rebellion: Japanese peasants led by Amakusa Shiro rise against daimyo Matsukura Shigeharu on December - 17.  

1638  On this day in history french/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine  

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer on December - 17.  

1651  Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81 on December - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

1718  On this day in history england declares war on Spain  

1728  On this day in history congregation Shearith Israel of NY purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build NY's 1st synagogue  

1734  On December - 17 william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1745  On December - 17 bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland  

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1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)  

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.  

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.  

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on December - 17.  

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.  

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.  

1632  On December - 17 birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)  

1638  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer  

0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)  

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.  

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.  

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies  

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on December - 17.  

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.  

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.  

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies