Historical Events In November - 17
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
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 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 November - 17. 

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

0885 On this day in history queen Liutgard 

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

1183 Battle of Mizushima on this day in history. 

1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins on November - 17. 

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 this day in history england & Spain sign anti-French covenant 

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

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

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 this day in history. 

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 John Earle, English bishop on this day in history. 

1690 On November - 17 noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist 

1704 Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet on November - 17. 

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 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 November - 17. 

1768 On this day in history thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 

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

1771 On this day in history jonathan Huntington, composer 

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

1787 Michele Carafa, composer on November - 17. 

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