Historical Events In November - 17
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
0284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on November - 17.
0331 On this day in history flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor
0375 Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 on November - 17.
0473 The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I on this day in history.
0474 On this day in history leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies
0594 On this day in history gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies
0885 On November - 17 queen Liutgard
1093 On this day in history margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
1183 Battle of Mizushima on this day in history.
1278 On November - 17 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1292 On this day in history (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
1503 On this day in history il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)
1511 England & Spain sign anti-French covenant on this day in history.
1512 Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered on November - 17.
1555 On this day in history william of Orange becomes member of Council of State
1558 On November - 17 elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on November - 17.
1594 On November - 17 johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)
1603 On November - 17 english explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
1608 On this day in history adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22
1648 Thomas Ford, composer, dies on November - 17.
1659 On this day in history peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
1665 On this day in history john Earle, English bishop
1690 On November - 17 noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist
1704 On November - 17 salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet
1734 On November - 17 john Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted
1745 On this day in history prince Charles Edward Stewart, accompanied by pipers, entered Carlysle following the surrender of the city to the Jacobite Army.
1747 On this day in history alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79
1755 Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24) on this day in history.
1768 On November - 17 thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75
1770 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.
1771 On November - 17 jonathan Huntington, composer
1785 Church of England organizes in New England on November - 17.
1787 Michele Carafa, composer on this day in history.