Historical Events In November - 17

0284  Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on this day in history.  

0331  On this day in history flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor  

0375  On November - 17 valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54  

0473  The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I on November - 17.  

0474  Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on this day in history.  

0594  On this day in history gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies  

0885  Queen Liutgard on this day in history.  

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on this day in history.  

1183  On November - 17 battle of Mizushima.  

1278  680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins on this day in history.  

1292  (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland on this day in history.  

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) on this day in history.  

1511  England & Spain sign anti-French covenant on this day in history.  

1512  Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered on November - 17.  

1555  William of Orange becomes member of Council of State on November - 17.  

1558  On November - 17 elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary  

1558  On this day in history mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42  

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) on this day in history.  

1603  English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason on November - 17.  

1608  Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 on November - 17.  

1648  On this day in history thomas Ford, composer, dies  

1659  Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain on November - 17.  

1665  John Earle, English bishop on this day in history.  

1690  Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist on this day in history.  

1704  On November - 17 salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet  

1734  John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted on this day in history.  

1745  Prince Charles Edward Stewart, accompanied by pipers, entered Carlysle following the surrender of the city to the Jacobite Army on November - 17.  

1747  On November - 17 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  Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 on November - 17.  

1770  On November - 17 gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38  

1771  On November - 17 jonathan Huntington, composer  

1785  On this day in history church of England organizes in New England  

1787  Michele Carafa, composer on this day in history.  

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0009  Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) was born on November - 17.  

1502  On this day in history birth of atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)  

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on this day in history.  

1576  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on this day in history.  

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) was born on November - 17.  

1612  On this day in history birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)  

1681  On November - 17 birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)  

1685  Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) was born on this day in history.  

0375  On November - 17 valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54  

0474  On November - 17 leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies  

0594  Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on this day in history.  

0641  Death of Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) on November - 17.  

0680  Death of Hilda of Whitby (b. 614) on November - 17.  

0885  On this day in history death of queen Liutgard  

1093  On this day in history margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies  

1231  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)