Historical Events In November - 17
Thursday, 18 September 2025
0284 On this day in history 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 The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I on November - 17.
0474 Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on November - 17.
0594 On this day in history gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies
0885 On November - 17 queen Liutgard
1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on November - 17.
1183 Battle of Mizushima on November - 17.
1278 On November - 17 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1292 On November - 17 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
1503 Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) on November - 17.
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 November - 17.
1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on this day in history.
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 November - 17.
1608 On this day in history adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22
1648 On November - 17 thomas Ford, composer, dies
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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75
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