Historical Events In November - 17
Friday, 20 June 2025
0284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on this day in history.
0331 On November - 17 flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor
0375 Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 on this day in history.
0473 On November - 17 the future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I.
0474 On this day in history leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies
0594 On November - 17 gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies
0885 On November - 17 queen Liutgard
1093 On November - 17 margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
1183 On November - 17 battle of Mizushima.
1278 On November - 17 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1292 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland on this day in history.
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 On November - 17 kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
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 November - 17 mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42
1594 On this day in history johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)
1603 On this day in history 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 Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain on this day in history.
1665 On November - 17 john Earle, English bishop
1690 On this day in history noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist
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 Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1755 Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24) on November - 17.
1768 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1770 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.
1771 Jonathan Huntington, composer on this day in history.
1785 Church of England organizes in New England on November - 17.
1787 Michele Carafa, composer on this day in history.