On June 17, history records 50 notable events, 213 famous births and 93 deaths, spanning the years 1244 to 1773.
Events on this day include: Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris. (1244); Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia. (1462).
Notable people born on June 17 include Drogo of Metz (801), Edward I of England (1239), François de Montmorency (1530).
Notable figures who died on this day include Uthman (656), Pope Adeodatus II (676), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (811).
Events on 17 June 50
See all →Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris.
Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.
Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
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Birthdays on 17 June 213
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Deaths on 17 June 93
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