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The following events took place on November 17. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 60 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 474

  Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
• 794

  Japanese Emperor Kanmu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto.
• 1183

  The Battle of Mizushima.
• 1292

  John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
• 1405

  Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.
• 1511

  Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon.
• 1558

  Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
• 1603

  English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
• 1777

  Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
• 1796

  French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
• 1800

  The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
• 1810

  Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
• 1811

  José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
• 1820

  Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
• 1831

  Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
• 1839

  Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi’s first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
• 1855

  David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
• 1856

  American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
• 1858

  Modified Julian Day zero.
• 1863

  American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins – Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
• 1869

  In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
• 1871

  The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
• 1876

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Slavonic March” is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
• 1878

  First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
• 1885

  Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
• 1896

  The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park Casino.
• 1903

  The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for “majority”) and Mensheviks (Russian for “minority”).
• 1911

  Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, which is the first black Greek-lettered organization founded at an American historically black college or university, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
• 1922

  Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
• 1933

  United States recognizes Soviet Union.

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