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On this dayNovember 17

Through history59 events, 247 births and 118 deaths in Wikipedia's lists for the date

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The front pages of November 17, 1926

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What happened on November 17

The anniversaries Wikipedia's editors chose for the date, oldest first (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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  1. 1292734 years ago

    John Balliol was chosen to be King of Scots over Robert de Brus. · List of Scottish monarchs · Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale

  2. 1558468 years ago

    Elizabeth I (pictured) became Queen of England and of Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era. · Elizabeth I · List of English monarchs

    Photo: Unidentified painterPublic domain
  3. 1592434 years ago

    Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, succeeded his father John III as King of Sweden. · Sigismund III Vasa · List of Polish monarchs

    Photo: Pieter SoutmanPublic domain
  4. 1796230 years ago

    French Revolutionary Wars: French forces won the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the Austrians' line of retreat.

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  5. 1921105 years ago

    Rioting broke out in Bombay, India, during the visit of Edward, Prince of Wales, leading to at least 58 deaths. · Prince of Wales riots · Edward VIII

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  6. 194185 years ago

    World War II: Hjalmar Siilasvuo ordered Finnish forces to halt their assault against Soviet forces near Salla, concluding Operation Arctic Fox.

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  7. 194383 years ago

    World War II: Australian forces launched an assault on Sattelberg, New Guinea, against Japanese forces, initiating the Battle of Sattelberg. · World War II

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  8. 195076 years ago

    The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of 15.

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  9. 196858 years ago

    NBC controversially cut away from an American football game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets to broadcast Heidi, causing viewers in the Eastern United States to miss the game's dramatic ending. · Heidi Game

  10. 198937 years ago

    Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, beginning the Disney Renaissance.

  11. 199729 years ago

    Sixty-two people were killed by Islamist terrorists outside Deir el-Bahari (temple pictured) in Luxor, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions. · Luxor massacre · Islamic terrorism

    Photo: Ian LloydCC BY-SA 3.0
  12. 200917 years ago

    Administrators at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit discovered that their servers had been hacked, and thousands of emails and files on climate change had been stolen. · Climatic Research Unit email controversy

  13. 201313 years ago

    Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashed during an aborted landing at Kazan International Airport, Russia, killing all 50 people on board and leading to the revocation of the airline's operating certificate. · Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 · Go-around

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  14. 201313 years ago

    An outbreak of 77 confirmed tornadoes occurred in seven U.S. states; it became the largest November tornado outbreak in Illinois and Indiana. · Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013

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All 59 events Wikipedia lists for November 17, by year

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Born on November 17

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  1. 9VespasianRoman emperor (died 79)
  2. 1019Sima GuangChinese politician (died 1086)
  3. 1412Zanobi StrozziItalian painter (died 1468)
  1. 1453Alfonso, Asturian prince (died 1468)
  2. 1493John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer, English politician (died 1543)
  3. 1503Bronzino, Italian painter (died 1572)
  4. 1576Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and saint (died 1628)
  5. 1587Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet and playwright (died 1679)
  6. 1602Agnes of Jesus, French Catholic nun (died 1634)
  7. 1612Dorgon, Chinese prince and regent (died 1650)
  8. 1681Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian and author (died 1776)
  9. 1685Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Canadian commander and explorer (died 1749)
  10. 1729Maria Antonia Ferdinanda, Sardinian queen consort (died 1785)
  11. 1749Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning (died 1841)
  12. 1753Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist (died 1815)
  13. 1755Louis XVIII, king of France (died 1824)
  14. 1765Jacques MacDonald, French general (died 1840)
  15. 1769Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1818)
  16. 1790August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1868)
  17. 1793Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic (died 1865)
  18. 1816August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer and historian (died 1876)
  19. 1827Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian journalist and poet (died 1895)
  20. 1835Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (died 1915)
  21. 1854Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1934)
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Died on November 17

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  1. 375Valentinian IRoman emperor (born 321)
  2. 594Gregory of ToursRoman bishop and saint (born 538)
  3. 641Emperor Jomei of Japan (born 593)
  1. 885Liutgard of Saxony (born 845)
  2. 935Chen Jinfeng, empress of Min (born 893)
  3. 935Wang Yanjun, emperor of Min (Ten Kingdoms)
  4. 1104Nikephoros Melissenos, Byzantine general (born 1045)
  5. 1188Usama ibn Munqidh, Arab chronicler (born 1095)
  6. 1231Elizabeth of Hungary (born 1207)
  7. 1307Hethum II, King of Armenia (born 1266)
  8. 1307Leo III, King of Armenia (born 1289)
  9. 1326Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (born 1285)
  10. 1417Gazi Evrenos, Ottoman general (born 1288)
  11. 1492Jami, Persian poet and saint (born 1414)
  12. 1494Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher and author (born 1463)
  13. 1525Eleanor of Viseu, queen of João II of Portugal (born 1458)
  14. 1558Mary I of England (born 1516)
  15. 1558Reginald Pole, English cardinal and academic (born 1500)
  16. 1558Hugh Aston, English composer (born 1485)
  17. 1562Antoine of Navarre (born 1518)
  18. 1592John III of Sweden (born 1537)
  19. 1600Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese commander (born 1542)
  20. 1624Jakob Böhme, German mystic (born 1575)
  21. 1632Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (born 1594)
Everyone else died on November 17: 94 more, by year

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Observed on November 17

Holidays, feast days and observances, as Wikipedia lists them for the date.

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