Historical Events In November - 17
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
0284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers on this day in history.
0331 Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor on November - 17.
0375 On November - 17 valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54
0473 On this day in history 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 On November - 17 gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies
0885 Queen Liutgard on November - 17.
1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on November - 17.
1183 On November - 17 battle of Mizushima.
1278 On this day in history 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1292 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland on this day in history.
1503 On November - 17 il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)
1511 On November - 17 england & Spain sign anti-French covenant
1512 Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered on this day in history.
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 November - 17.
1608 Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 on November - 17.
1648 On November - 17 thomas Ford, composer, dies
1659 On this day in history peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
1665 John Earle, English bishop on November - 17.
1690 On November - 17 noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist
1704 Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet on this day in history.
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 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 November - 17.
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 this day in history.
1771 On this day in history jonathan Huntington, composer
1785 Church of England organizes in New England on November - 17.
1787 Michele Carafa, composer on this day in history.