Historical Events In November - 17
Friday, 13 February 2026
0284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers 

0331 Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor 

0375 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 

0474 Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies 

0594 Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies. 

0885 Queen Liutgard. 

1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies 

1183 Battle of Mizushima 

1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins 

1292 (O.S.) John Balliol is recorded as becoming King of Scotland 

1503 Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo and her Son) 

1511 England and Spain sign anti-French covenant. 

1512 Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered 

1555 William of Orange is recorded as becoming member of Council of State 

1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary. 

1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42. 

1594 Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) 

1603 English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason 

1608 Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 

1648 Thomas Ford, composer, dies 

1659 Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain. 

1665 John Earle, English bishop 

1690 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist. 

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

1734 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 

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

1755 Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24). 

1768 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 

1770 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 

1771 Jonathan Huntington, composer. 

1785 Church of England organizes in New England. 

1787 Michele Carafa, composer. 

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