Historical Events In November - 04
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
0644 Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered 

0922 Richarius is recorded as becoming bishop of Luik 

1203 Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies. 

1333 Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani 

1501 Philip de Blank and Juana "la Loca" depart to Spain. 

1519 Flood ravages Dutch/Friese coast. 

1520 Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden. 

1529 English cardinal Thomas Wolsey arrested. 

1576 Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium 

1587 Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised 

1590 Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter 

1619 Frederik V crowned king of Bohemia 

1631 Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 

1640 Carlo Mannelli, composer. 

1645 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Holly 

1646 Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word 

1650 William III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702) 

1656 Leonard Sailer, composer 

1674 Anton Englert, composer. 

1674 Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72. 

1675 -5] Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam 

1702 John Benbow, English vice-admiral (Santa Marta), dies 

1708 Robert Praelisauer, composer 

1708 Henriette Catharina van Nassau, daughter of F Henry, dies at 71. 

1737 The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated. 

1756 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner. 

1768 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer, dies at 57 

1771 Carlo Goldoni's "Le Bourru Bienfaisant," premieres in Paris 

1779 John W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo) 

1783 W.A. Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is premiered in Linz, Austria. 

1787 Edmund Kean, England, actor (Edmund Kean's Masonic Career). 

1790 Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62) 

1797 Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author. 

1800 Eduard Brendler, composer. 

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