Historical Events In July - 17

0180  On this day in history christenen Cittinus/Donatus/Natzalus/Secunda/Speratus/Vestia sentenced to death in Carthago  

0561  John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I on this day in history.  

0656  On this day in history uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.  

0855  St Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0924  On this day in history 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  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1203  On this day in history venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees  

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  On this day in history osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria  

1429  On this day in history dauphin crowned king of France  

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

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

1473  Charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen on July - 17.  

1487  On July - 17 esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah  

1509  On July - 17 venice recaptures Padua  

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies  

1549  Jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium on this day in history.  

1552  Siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun on July - 17.  

1583  Spanish & Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk on July - 17.  

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 July - 17.  

1603  Sir Walter Ralegh arrested on this day in history.  

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

1645  On this day in history robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician  

1674  On July - 17 isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)  

1682  On July - 17 johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29  

1686  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 on this day in history.  

1695  Establishment of the Bank of Scotland under an Act of the Scottish Parliament,The Three Estates on July - 17.  

1702  Johann Schneider, composer on July - 17.  

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

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.  

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)  

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer  

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.  

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)  

1763  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education  

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.  

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.  

0924  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched  

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 this day in history.  

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)