Historical Events In November - 17

0284  On this day in history diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers.  

0331  On this day in history flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor  

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

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

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

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

0885  On this day in history queen Liutgard  

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

1183  Battle of Mizushima on November - 17.  

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 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 November - 17 kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered  

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

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  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1659  Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain on this day in history.  

1665  John Earle, English bishop on November - 17.  

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 November - 17.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1771  Jonathan Huntington, composer on this day in history.  

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

1681  On November - 17 birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)  

1685  On this day in history 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  On November - 17 leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies  

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

0885  On November - 17 death of queen Liutgard  

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on November - 17.  

1231  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)