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Historical Events In December - 17
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
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 December - 17.
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 On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53
1273 On this day in history rumi (b.1207)
1398 On December - 17 sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.
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 Ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia on December - 17.
1531 Pope Clement VII establishes a parallel body to the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal on this day in history.
1538 Pope Paul III excommunicated England's King Henry VIII on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1572 Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands on this day in history.
1586 Emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan on this day in history.
1587 Earl Leicesters army leaves Netherlands on this day in history.
1600 On this day in history marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.
1619 Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician on December - 17.
1637 Shimabara Rebellion: Japanese peasants led by Amakusa Shiro rise against daimyo Matsukura Shigeharu on December - 17.
1638 On December - 17 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 On this day in history don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies
1706 Chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer on this day in history.
1711 Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies on December - 17.
1718 England declares war on Spain on December - 17.
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 On this day in history william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1745 On December - 17 bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland
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