Historical Events In November - 17

0284  Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on November - 17.  

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  On November - 17 the future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I.  

0474  On November - 17 leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies  

0594  On this day in history gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies  

0885  On this day in history queen Liutgard  

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

1183  On November - 17 battle of Mizushima.  

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

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1292  On this day in history (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.  

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) on November - 17.  

1511  On November - 17 england & Spain sign anti-French covenant  

1512  Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered on November - 17.  

1555  On this day in history william of Orange becomes member of Council of State  

1558  On November - 17 elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary  

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

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) on November - 17.  

1603  English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason on this day in history.  

1608  On this day in history adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22  

1648  On this day in history thomas Ford, composer, dies  

1659  Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain on November - 17.  

1665  On this day in history john Earle, English bishop  

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

1704  On this day in history salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet  

1734  On November - 17 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 this day in history.  

1747  Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 on November - 17.  

1755  On this day in history louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)  

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 November - 17.  

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

1787  On this day in history michele Carafa, composer  

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0009  Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) was born on November - 17.  

1502  On this day in history birth of atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)  

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

1612  On this day in history birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)  

1681  On this day in history birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)  

1685  On November - 17 birth of pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)  

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

0474  Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on November - 17.  

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

0641  Death of Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) on November - 17.  

0680  On this day in history death of hilda of Whitby (b. 614)  

0885  On November - 17 death of queen Liutgard  

1093  On November - 17 margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies  

1231  Death of Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207) on this day in history.