Historical Events In November - 17
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
0284 On this day in history diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers.
0331 Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor on November - 17.
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 November - 17 gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies
0885 Queen Liutgard on this day in history.
1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on November - 17.
1183 On November - 17 battle of Mizushima.
1278 On this day in history 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1292 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland on November - 17.
1503 Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) on November - 17.
1511 England & Spain sign anti-French covenant on this day in history.
1512 On this day in history kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
1555 On this day in history william of Orange becomes member of Council of State
1558 On this day in history elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
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 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 November - 17.
1648 On this day in history thomas Ford, composer, dies
1659 Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain on this day in history.
1665 On this day in history john Earle, English bishop
1690 On this day in history noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist
1704 On November - 17 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 On this day in history prince Charles Edward Stewart, accompanied by pipers, entered Carlysle following the surrender of the city to the Jacobite Army.
1747 On November - 17 alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79
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 On November - 17 gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38
1771 Jonathan Huntington, composer on November - 17.
1785 Church of England organizes in New England on this day in history.
1787 Michele Carafa, composer on November - 17.