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Year 1091

London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.

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Year 1346

Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of Scotland is captured by the English near Durham, and imprisoned in the Tower of London for eleven years.

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Year 1448

Second Battle of Kosovo, where the mainly Hungarian army led by John Hunyadi is defeated by an Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II.

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Year 1456

The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia).

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Year 1558

Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.

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Year 1604

Kepler's Supernova: German astronomer Johannes Kepler observes a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus.

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Year 1610

French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.

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Year 1660

Nine regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered.

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Year 1662

Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for 40,000 pounds.

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Year 1771

Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, age 15.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 2

🇧🇴 Bolivia · National Dignity Day

🇭🇹 Haiti · Death of Dessalines

Birthdays on 17 October 220

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Lý Nam Đế

b. 503 – d. 548

Lý Nam Đế, first emperor of Vietnam (d. 548)

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Ivo of Kermartin

b. 1253 – d. 1303

Ivo of Kermartin, French priest and saint (d. 1303)

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Bartolommeo Bandinelli

b. 1493 – d. 1560

Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)

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Alonso de Orozco Mena

b. 1500 – d. 1591

Alonso de Orozco Mena, Spanish Roman Catholic priest (d. 1591)

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Cristofano Allori

b. 1577 – d. 1621

Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (d. 1621)

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Dmitry Pozharsky

b. 1577 – d. 1642

Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)

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Johann Gerhard

b. 1582 – d. 1637

Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic (d. 1637)

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Nathan Field

b. 1587 – d. 1620

Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor (d. 1620)

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Francis Turretin

b. 1623 – d. 1687

Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1687)

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Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias

b. 1629 – d. 1646

Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (d. 1646)

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Domenico Zipoli

b. 1688 – d. 1726

Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer (d. 1726)

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Jupiter Hammon

b. 1711 – d. 1806

Jupiter Hammon, American poet (d. 1806)

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Deaths on 17 October 107

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Pope Boniface II

d. 532

Pope Boniface II

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Al-Musta'in

d. 866 (b. 836)

Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph (b. 836)

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Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir

d. 1271

Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet

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Beatrice of Falkenburg

d. 1277

Beatrice of Falkenburg, German queen consort (b. c. 1254)

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John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray

d. 1346

John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray

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Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn

d. 1346

Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn

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Nicolas Grenon

d. 1456 (b. 1375)

Nicolas Grenon, French composer (b. 1375)

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John Scott of Scott's Hall

d. 1485

John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports

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Andreas Osiander

d. 1552 (b. 1498)

Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (d. 1552)

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Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta

d. 1575 (b. 1511)

Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)

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Philip Sidney

d. 1586 (b. 1554)

Philip Sidney, English soldier, courtier, and poet (d. 1586)

Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

d. 1587 (b. 1541)

Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)

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