Historical Events In December - 17
Saturday, 25 March 2023
0283 On December - 17 st Gaius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0546 On December - 17 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 On December - 17 romanos I is crowned as co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII.
0942 Assassination of William I of Normandy on this day in history.
0942 William Longsword on December - 17.
1187 Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on December - 17.
1195 On December - 17 boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies
1213 Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.
1273 Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.
1398 Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur on December - 17.
1471 On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies
1493 Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) on December - 17.
1526 On this day in history 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 On December - 17 pope Paul III excommunicated England's King Henry VIII
1554 Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne on this day in history.
1562 On this day in history adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82
1572 On this day in history spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands
1586 On this day in history emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan.
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 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 December - 17 don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies
1706 On this day in history chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer
1711 On December - 17 arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies
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 December - 17.
1745 On December - 17 bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland
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