Historical Events In November - 17

0284  Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on this day in history.  

0331  Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor on this day in history.  

0375  On November - 17 valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54  

0473  On November - 17 the future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I.  

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

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

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

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

1503  On November - 17 il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)  

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

1512  Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered on this day in history.  

1555  William of Orange becomes member of Council of State on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1608  Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 on November - 17.  

1648  Thomas Ford, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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

1665  On November - 17 john Earle, English bishop  

1690  On this day in history noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on November - 17.  

1771  On November - 17 jonathan Huntington, composer  

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

1787  On November - 17 michele Carafa, composer  

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0009  On this day in history birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)  

1502  Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) was born on this day in history.  

1503  On November - 17 birth of il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)  

1576  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on November - 17.  

1594  On this day in history birth of johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)  

1612  Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.  

1681  On November - 17 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  Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 on this day in history.  

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

0594  Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on this day in history.  

0641  On November - 17 death of emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)  

0680  On November - 17 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 November - 17.