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Roman Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route back to Constantinople in suspicious circumstances.
Year 1370
Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.
Year 1411
Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia.
Year 1500
Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
Year 1600
The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive, for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome.
Year 1621
Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America.
Year 1753
In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
Year 1801
An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr, Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
Year 1819
The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 18
Birthdays on 17 February 167
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Deaths on 17 February 79
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