Historical Events In March - 17
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
0180 Marcus Aurelius dies. Commodus is now the only emperor of the Roman Empire on this day in history.
0180 On this day in history antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58
0432 On March - 17 st Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave
0455 Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor on this day in history.
0461 On this day in history st Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)
0659 Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 on this day in history.
1040 Harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies on March - 17.
1058 On this day in history king Lulach I of Scotland
1190 On March - 17 crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England
1199 Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow on this day in history.
1328 On March - 17 treaty of Edinburgh by which England acknowledged the independence of Scotland under Robert 1 was concluded at Edinburgh
1337 On March - 17 edward the Black Prince becomes Duke of Cornwall, the first ever British 'Duke'
1337 On this day in history edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy made in England.
1473 James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) on March - 17.
1516 On this day in history giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37
1521 On this day in history ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines
1521 Magelhaes lands on Homohon on this day in history.
1526 French king François I freed from Spain on March - 17.
1526 On March - 17 french king Francois I freed from Spain
1537 French troops invade Flanders on March - 17.
1565 On this day in history alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], Scottish theologist/physician, dies at 64
1577 Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 gets commission from the Cathay Company to hunt for gold in the Arctic; he will return with tons of worthless pyrites, which are dumped as street ballast in London, giving rise to the legend that the streets of London were paved with gold on this day in history.
1578 On March - 17 francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)
1580 Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam on March - 17.
1588 Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies on this day in history.
1605 On this day in history pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34
1613 On March - 17 cupids, Newfoundland the wife of Nicholas Guy gives birth to a son; likely the first English child born in Newfoundland
1628 Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian on this day in history.
1640 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies on March - 17.
1649 Cromwell abolishes the monarchy and declares England a Commonwealth on March - 17.
1649 Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1653 Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48 on this day in history.
1658 Pro-Charles II plot in England discovered on March - 17.
1664 On this day in history georg Osterreich, composer
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