Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Nov 17, 473 |
The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I. |
Nov 17, 1183 |
Battle of Mizushima. |
Nov 17, 1278 |
680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins |
Nov 17, 1292 |
(O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scots. |
Nov 17, 1511 |
England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire sign anti-French covenant The Treaty of Westminster |
Nov 17, 1555 |
William of Orange becomes member of Council of State |
Nov 17, 1558 |
Elizabeth I aged 42 ascends English throne upon death of her half sister "Bloody" Mary |
Nov 17, 1603 |
English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason. |
Nov 17, 1659 |
Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain. |
Nov 17, 1734 |
John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted |
Nov 17, 1785 |
Church of England organizes in New England |
Nov 17, 1796 |
Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy |
Nov 17, 1798 |
-21) Snow storms in New England, hundreds die |
Nov 17, 1800 |
Congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building |
Nov 17, 1812 |
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi during Napoleon's retreat from Moscow |
Nov 17, 1827 |
The Delta Phi fraternity, America's oldest continuous social fraternity, was founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York. |
Nov 17, 1831 |
Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia. |
Nov 17, 1839 |
Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberte Conti Di" premieres in Milan |
Nov 17, 1842 |
Fugitive slave George Latimer captured in Boston |
Nov 17, 1842 |
Opera "Linda di Chamounix" is produced (London) |
Nov 17, 1853 |
Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections |
Nov 17, 1855 |
David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Nov 17, 1856 |
On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase. |
Nov 17, 1858 |
Origin of Modified Julian Period |
Nov 17, 1862 |
Confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns |
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