Events on 17 September 64
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Remistus, Roman general (magister militum), is besieged by a Gothic force at Ravenna and later executed in the Palace in Classis, outside the city.
Year 1111
Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
Year 1176
The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks.
Year 1462
A Polish army under Piotr Dunin decisively defeats the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Świecino.
Year 1620
The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
Year 1631
Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
Year 1658
The Battle of Vilanova is fought between Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War.
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Deaths on 17 September 110
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