Historical Events In November - 17
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
0284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on November - 17.
0331 On this day in history flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor
0375 Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 on this day in history.
0473 On November - 17 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 this day in history.
0885 Queen Liutgard on November - 17.
1093 On this day in history margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
1183 Battle of Mizushima on this day in history.
1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins on November - 17.
1292 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland on this day in history.
1503 On this day in history il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)
1511 England & Spain sign anti-French covenant on this day in history.
1512 On this day in history 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 On this day in history mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42
1594 Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) on this day in history.
1603 English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason on this day in history.
1608 On November - 17 adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22
1648 On this day in history thomas Ford, composer, dies
1659 On this day in history peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
1665 On November - 17 john Earle, English bishop
1690 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist on November - 17.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)
1768 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1770 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on November - 17.
1771 Jonathan Huntington, composer on this day in history.
1785 On this day in history church of England organizes in New England
1787 On this day in history michele Carafa, composer