Historical Events In June - 17
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
0653 St Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 

0656 Ali ibn Abu Talib chosen kalief of Islam 

0656 Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered. 

0676 Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 

0676 Adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies. 

0855 Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies. 

0956 Hugh the Great dies 2 months after becoming effective master of Burgundy 

1091 Floris II de Vette is recorded as becoming earl of Holland 

1091 Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies. 

1119 Charles the Good is recorded as becoming earl of Flanders. 

1119 Boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies 

1239 Edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England 

1291 Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, and destroyed. 

1397 Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden and Norway. 

1462 Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia 

1497 Battle of Deptford Bridge 

1501 Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies 

1535 English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights 

1565 Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru. 

1579 Sir Francis Drake lands on the coast of California and heads north. 

1579 Anti-English uprising in Ireland. 

1580 Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels 

1583 Brabant: duke of Parma beats French mercenaries. 

1604 Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House). 

1609 Netherlands, England and France sign 12 year Covenant 

1631 Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal 

1665 Battle at Viciosa: English and Portuguese army beat Spain 

1672 Orazio Benevoli, Italian composer, dies at 67. 

1678 Giacomo Torelli, composer, dies at 69 

1682 Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718). 

1696 Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies at 72. 

1700 Mass orders priest to leave the colony 

1703 John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists) 

1714 Cesar F Cassini, de Thury, French astronomer (geodesic labor) 

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