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  On November - 17 the future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I.  

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

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

0885  Queen Liutgard on this day in history.  

1093  On November - 17 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 November - 17 il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)  

1511  On November - 17 england & Spain sign anti-French covenant  

1512  Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered on this day in history.  

1555  On November - 17 william of Orange becomes member of Council of State  

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

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

1608  Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 on this day in history.  

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  John Earle, English bishop on November - 17.  

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

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

1747  Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 on November - 17.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1787  On November - 17 michele Carafa, composer  

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0009  Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) was born on this day in history.  

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

1503  On this day in history birth of il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)  

1576  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on November - 17.  

1594  On this day in history birth of johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)  

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

1681  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on November - 17.  

1685  On November - 17 birth of pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)  

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

0474  Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on November - 17.  

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

0641  On this day in history death of emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)  

0680  On November - 17 death of hilda of Whitby (b. 614)  

0885  Death of Queen Liutgard on this day in history.  

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on November - 17.  

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