Historical Events In July - 17

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1203  Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees on this day in history.   

1245  Pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time on this day in history.   

1345  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops   

1453  John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

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  Venice recaptures Padua on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1585  On July - 17 english secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I   

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

1603  On July - 17 sir Walter Ralegh arrested   

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

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 this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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