Historical Events In July - 17

0180  On July - 17 christenen Cittinus/Donatus/Natzalus/Secunda/Speratus/Vestia sentenced to death in Carthago   

0561  On July - 17 john III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I   

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

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

0924  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 on July - 17.   

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  On July - 17 arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.   

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

1245  Pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time on July - 17.   

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

1393  On this day in history osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria   

1429  Dauphin crowned king of France on this day in history.   

1453  1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops on this day in history.   

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

1473  Charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen on July - 17.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history spanish & Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk   

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

1596  On July - 17 at 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya   

1603  On this day in history sir Walter Ralegh arrested   

1627  Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1645  Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on July - 17.   

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

1682  Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1702  On this day in history johann Schneider, composer   

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

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

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

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

1763  On July - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.   

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

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

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