Historical Events In November - 17
Tuesday, 30 December 2025
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 this day in history 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 On November - 17 queen Liutgard 

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

1183 Battle of Mizushima on November - 17. 

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

1292 On November - 17 (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 this day in history. 

1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary on this day in history. 

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

1594 On November - 17 johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) 

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 On November - 17 peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain. 

1665 On this day in history john Earle, English bishop 

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

1704 Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet on this day in history. 

1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted on November - 17. 

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 On November - 17 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 Church of England organizes in New England on this day in history. 

1787 On this day in history michele Carafa, composer 

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