Historical Events In November - 17
Monday, 15 December 2025
0284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on this day in history. 

0331 Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor on this day in history. 

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 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 On November - 17 queen Liutgard 

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

1183 Battle of Mizushima on November - 17. 

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 On November - 17 england & Spain sign anti-French covenant 

1512 On this day in history 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 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on November - 17. 

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

1603 On this day in history english explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason. 

1608 On November - 17 adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 

1648 Thomas Ford, composer, dies on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist 

1704 On this day in history salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet 

1734 On this day in history john Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted 

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 On this day in history louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24) 

1768 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 on November - 17. 

1770 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history. 

1771 Jonathan Huntington, composer on November - 17. 

1785 On November - 17 church of England organizes in New England 

1787 On November - 17 michele Carafa, composer 

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