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

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

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  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 July - 17.  

1054  Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king on this day in history.  

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

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.  

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

1393  Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader  

1473  On this day in history charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen  

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

1509  Venice recaptures Padua on this day in history.  

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

1549  On this day in history jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium  

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

1583  On July - 17 spanish & Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk  

1585  English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I on July - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1682  On this day in history johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29  

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

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

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.  

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  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education  

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

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

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.  

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.  

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

1453  On this day in history death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader  

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)