Historical Events In July - 17

0180  Christenen Cittinus/Donatus/Natzalus/Secunda/Speratus/Vestia sentenced to death in Carthago on July - 17.   

0561  John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I on July - 17.   

0656  On July - 17 uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0855  On July - 17 st Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0924  On July - 17 edward the Elder of Wessex and Mercia dies and is succeeded by his son Athelstan, 29, who will reign until 940, continuing his father's conquest of the Danelaw north of the Thames-Lea line from the Vikings who have been in Britain since 787   

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1054  Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king on July - 17.   

1070  Arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders on July - 17.   

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1203  Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees on July - 17.   

1245  On this day in history pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time   

1345  On July - 17 jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1393  Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria on July - 17.   

1429  On this day in history dauphin crowned king of France   

1453  1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops on July - 17.   

1453  On July - 17 john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1473  On July - 17 charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen   

1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah on this day in history.   

1509  On this day in history venice recaptures Padua   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1549  On July - 17 jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium   

1552  Siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun on this day in history.   

1583  Spanish & Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk on this day in history.   

1585  English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I on this day in history.   

1596  At 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya on this day in history.   

1603  Sir Walter Ralegh arrested on July - 17.   

1627  On July - 17 lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67   

1645  On July - 17 robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) on July - 17.   

1682  Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29 on July - 17.   

1686  On this day in history a meeting takes place at Lüneburg between several Protestant powers in order to discuss the formation of an 'evangelical' league of defence, called the 'Confederatio Militiae Evangelicae', against the Catholic League.   

1695  On this day in history establishment of the Bank of Scotland under an Act of the Scottish Parliament,The Three Estates.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer on this day in history.   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.   

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.