Historical Events In July - 17

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

0561  On this day in history john III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I   

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

0855  St Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope on July - 17.   

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  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

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

1054  On July - 17 emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king   

1070  On this day in history arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders   

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

1203  On July - 17 venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees   

1245  On July - 17 pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time   

1345  On this day in history jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1393  Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria on July - 17.   

1429  Dauphin crowned king of France on July - 17.   

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

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

1473  On July - 17 charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen   

1487  On this day in history esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1509  On this day in history venice recaptures Padua   

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

1549  On July - 17 jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium   

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

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

1603  Sir Walter Ralegh arrested on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

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

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  On July - 17 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  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

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 this day in history.