Historical Events In December - 17
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
0283 St Gaius begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0546 On this day in history gothic War (535-554): The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison.
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 this day in history.
0942 On December - 17 william Longsword
1187 On December - 17 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 December - 17.
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 this day in history.
1493 Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) on this day in history.
1526 On this day in history ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia
1531 Pope Clement VII establishes a parallel body to the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal on December - 17.
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 On December - 17 adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82
1572 On this day in history spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands
1586 Emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan on this day in history.
1587 On this day in history earl Leicesters army leaves Netherlands
1600 On December - 17 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 this day in history.
1638 French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine on December - 17.
1638 On this day in history johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer
1651 On this day in history wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81
1679 Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on this day in history.
1706 On December - 17 chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer
1711 On December - 17 arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies
1718 England declares war on Spain on December - 17.
1728 On December - 17 congregation Shearith Israel of NY purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build NY's 1st synagogue
1734 On this day in history william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1745 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland
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