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On This Day: December 17

58 events  ·  86 deaths  ·  215 births
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On December 17, history records 58 notable events, 215 famous births and 86 deaths, spanning the years 546 to 1790.

Events on this day include: Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison. (546); Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII. (920).

Notable people born on December 17 include Kujō Yoritsugu (1239), Emperor Go-Uda (1267), Ernest of Bavaria (1554).

Notable figures who died on this day include Saint Sturm (779), Al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i (908), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (908).

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Year 546

Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison.

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Year 920

Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII.

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Year 942

Assassination of William I of Normandy.

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Year 1398

Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.

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Year 1538

Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.

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Year 1583

Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.

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Year 1586

Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan.

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Year 1718

War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.

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Year 1777

American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.

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Year 1790

Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 1

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Birthdays on 17 December 215

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Kujō Yoritsugu
b. 1239 – d. 1256
Kujō Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)
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Emperor Go-Uda
b. 1267 – d. 1324
Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)
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Ernest of Bavaria
b. 1554 – d. 1612
Ernest of Bavaria, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1612)
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Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana
b. 1556 – d. 1627
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Pakistani-Indian poet (d. 1627)
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Roger L'Estrange
b. 1616 – d. 1704
Roger L'Estrange, English pamphleteer and author (d. 1704)
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine
b. 1619 – d. 1682
Prince Rupert of the Rhine (d. 1682)
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Anthony Wood
b. 1632 – d. 1695
Anthony Wood, English historian and author (d. 1695)
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Thomas Tickell
b. 1685 – d. 1740
Thomas Tickell, English poet (d. 1740)
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Charles-Louis Mion
b. 1699 – d. 1775
Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator (d. 1775)
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Émilie du Châtelet
b. 1706 – d. 1749
Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1749)
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Maria I of Portugal
b. 1734 – d. 1816
Maria I of Portugal (d. 1816)
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Domenico Cimarosa
b. 1749 – d. 1801
Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (d. 1801)
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Deaths on 17 December 86

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Saint Sturm
d. 779
Sturm, abbot of Fulda
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Al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i
d. 908
al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i, Abbasid vizier
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Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz
d. 908
Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Abbasid prince and poet, anti-caliph for one day
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William I Longsword
d. 942
William I, duke of Normandy
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Pope Gregory VIII
d. 1187 (b. 1100)
Pope Gregory VIII (b. 1100)
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Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
d. 1195 (b. 1150)
Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150)
Rumi
Rumi
d. 1273 (b. 1207)
Rumi, Persian jurist, theologian, and poet (b. 1207)
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William Gascoigne
d. 1419
William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England
Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy
Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy
d. 1471 (b. 1397)
Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1397)
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Eleonora di Toledo
d. 1562 (b. 1522)
Eleonora di Toledo, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (b. 1522)
Nur Jahan
Nur Jahan
d. 1645 (b. 1577)
Nur Jahan, empress consort of the Mughal Empire (b. 1577)
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Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
d. 1663 (b. 1583)
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
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