Historical Events In November - 17

0284  On November - 17 diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers.  

0331  Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor on November - 17.  

0375  On this day in history valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54  

0473  On this day in history the future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I.  

0474  Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on this day in history.  

0594  Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on November - 17.  

0885  Queen Liutgard on November - 17.  

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on this day in history.  

1183  On November - 17 battle of Mizushima.  

1278  On this day in history 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins  

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1292  (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland on November - 17.  

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) on this day in history.  

1511  England & Spain sign anti-French covenant on this day in history.  

1512  On November - 17 kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered  

1555  William of Orange becomes member of Council of State on November - 17.  

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

1558  Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on November - 17.  

1594  On this day in history 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  On November - 17 adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22  

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 this day in history.  

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

1704  On November - 17 salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38  

1771  Jonathan Huntington, composer on this day in history.  

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

1787  Michele Carafa, composer on November - 17.  

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0009  On November - 17 birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)  

1502  Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) was born on November - 17.  

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

1576  On this day in history birth of roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)  

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

1612  On November - 17 birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)  

1681  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.  

1685  On this day in history birth of pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)  

0375  Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 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  

0641  Death of Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) on this day in history.  

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

0885  Death of Queen Liutgard on November - 17.  

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on this day in history.  

1231  On November - 17 death of elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)