Events on 17 May 48
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George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
Year 1642
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (1612-1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
Year 1809
Emperor Napoleon I orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
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Birthdays on 17 May 211
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Jien
b. 1155 – d. 1225
Jien, Japanese monk, poet, and historian (d. 1225)
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Zhu Biao
b. 1355 – d. 1392
Zhu Biao, Chinese prince (d. 1392)
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Edmund, Earl of Rutland
b. 1443 – d. 1460
Edmund, Earl of Rutland (d. 1460)
Engelbert II of Nassau
b. 1451 – d. 1504
Engelbert II of Nassau (b. 1451)
Albert, Duke of Prussia
b. 1490 – d. 1568
Albert, Duke of Prussia, last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1568)
Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
b. 1500 – d. 1540
Federico II Gonzaga, duke of Mantua (b. 1500)
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Martin Delrio
b. 1551 – d. 1601
Martin Delrio, Belgian occultist and theologian (d. 1601)
Anna Vasa of Sweden
b. 1568 – d. 1625
Anna Vasa of Sweden, Swedish princess (d. 1625)
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
b. 1628 – d. 1662
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (d. 1662)
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Edward Colman
b. 1636 – d. 1678
Edward Colman, English Catholic courtier under Charles II (d. 1678)
Bartholomew Roberts
b. 1682 – d. 1722
Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
Andreas Felix von Oefele
b. 1706 – d. 1780
Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
Deaths on 17 May 97
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Empress Dowager Hu (Northern Wei)
d. 528
Empress Dowager Hu of Northern Wei
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Yuan Yong
d. 528
Yuan Yong, imperial prince of Northern Wei
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Yuan Zhao
d. 528 (b. 526)
Yuan Zhao, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 526)
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Liu Jianfeng
d. 896
Liu Jianfeng, Chinese warlord
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Li Maozhen
d. 924 (b. 856)
Li Maozhen, Chinese warlord and king (b. 856)
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Al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah
d. 946 (b. 893)
Al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (b. 893)
Daumantas of Pskov
d. 1299
Daumantas of Pskov, Lithuanian prince (b. c. 1240)
Emperor Go-Fushimi
d. 1336 (b. 1288)
Go-Fushimi, emperor of Japan (b. 1288)
Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg
d. 1365 (b. 1328)
Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)
Konstantin Dejanović
d. 1395 (b. 1355)
Konstantin Dejanović/Constantine Dragaš, Serbian ruler (b. 1355)
Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros
d. 1464 (b. 1427)
Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1464)
Sandro Botticelli
d. 1510 (b. 1445)
Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445)