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December 17th, 2007 (December 17 2007) | Birth | James Windsor, Viscount Severn, son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex | |
December 17th, 2006 (December 17 2006) | Death | Larry Sherry, American baseball player (born in 1935) | |
December 17th, 2005 (December 17 2005) | Event | Anti-WTO protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong | |
December 17th, 2005 (December 17 2005) | Death | Jack Anderson, American journalist (born in 1922) | |
December 17th, 2005 (December 17 2005) | Death | Marc Favreau, French Canadian humourist (Sol) (born in 1929) | |
December 17th, 2004 (December 17 2004) | Death | Tom Wesselmann, American collage artist (born in 1931) | |
December 17th, 2003 (December 17 2003) | Event | The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend Maxine Carr is found guilty of perverting the course of justice. | |
December 17th, 2003 (December 17 2003) | Event | SpaceShipOne flight 11P, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first supersonic flight. | |
December 17th, 2003 (December 17 2003) | Death | Ed Devereaux, Australian actor (born in 1925) | |
December 17th, 2003 (December 17 2003) | Death | Otto Graham, American football player (born in 1921) | |
December 17th, 2002 (December 17 2002) | Event | Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years. | |
December 17th, 2002 (December 17 2002) | Death | James Hazeldine, English actor (born in 1947) | |
December 17th, 1999 (December 17 1999) | Event | The United Nations General Assembly passes resolution 54/134 designating November 25 as the annual International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women. | |
December 17th, 1999 (December 17 1999) | Death | Rex Allen, American actor, singer and songwriter (born in 1920) | |
December 17th, 1999 (December 17 1999) | Death | Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (born in 1943) | |
December 17th, 1992 (December 17 1992) | Birth | Thomas Law, British Actor | |
December 17th, 1992 (December 17 1992) | Birth | Jordan Garrett, American actor | |
December 17th, 1992 (December 17 1992) | Death | Dana Andrews, American actor (born in 1909) | |
December 17th, 1989 (December 17 1989) | Event | Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timisoara with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party s District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire. | |
December 17th, 1989 (December 17 1989) | Event | First free elections in Brazil in 25 years. | |
December 17th, 1989 (December 17 1989) | Event | The longest-running American sitcom The Simpsons had its debut. | |
December 17th, 1987 (December 17 1987) | Death | Linda Wong, American porn star (born in 1951) | |
December 17th, 1987 (December 17 1987) | Death | Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian novelist (born in 1903) | Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes |
December 17th, 1986 (December 17 1986) | Birth | Vanessa Zima, American actress | |
December 17th, 1985 (December 17 1985) | Birth | Ryuichi Ogata, member of Japanese boy band w-inds. | |
December 17th, 1984 (December 17 1984) | Birth | Andrew Davies, English footballer | |
December 17th, 1983 (December 17 1983) | Event | The IRA bombs Harrods Department Store in London, killing six people. | |
December 17th, 1982 (December 17 1982) | Birth | Josh Barfield, American baseball player | |
December 17th, 1982 (December 17 1982) | Birth | Craig Kielburger, Canadian labour activist | |
December 17th, 1982 (December 17 1982) | Birth | Stephane Lasme, Gabonese basketball player | |
December 17th, 1982 (December 17 1982) | Birth | Ryan Moats, National Football League runningback | |
December 17th, 1982 (December 17 1982) | Death | Homer S. Ferguson, American politician (born in 1889) | Homer Quotes |
December 17th, 1981 (December 17 1981) | Event | Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigade in Verona, Italy. | |
December 17th, 1981 (December 17 1981) | Event | The Senegambia Confederation is founded. | |
December 17th, 1980 (December 17 1980) | Birth | Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver | |
December 17th, 1980 (December 17 1980) | Birth | Eli Pariser, American political activist (MoveOn.org) | |
December 17th, 1979 (December 17 1979) | Birth | Jaimee Foxworth, American actress and porn star | |
December 17th, 1979 (December 17 1979) | Birth | Ryan Key, American musician and songwriter (Yellowcard) | |
December 17th, 1979 (December 17 1979) | Birth | Matt Murley, American ice hockey player | |
December 17th, 1978 (December 17 1978) | Event | The Workers Party of Jamaica is founded by Trevor Munroe. | |
December 17th, 1978 (December 17 1978) | Birth | Alex Cintron, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
December 17th, 1978 (December 17 1978) | Birth | Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor | |
December 17th, 1978 (December 17 1978) | Birth | Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer | |
December 17th, 1978 (December 17 1978) | Birth | Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer (Three Days Grace) | |
December 17th, 1978 (December 17 1978) | Birth | Chase Utley, American baseball player | |
December 17th, 1978 (December 17 1978) | Death | Don Ellis, American jazz band leader (born in 1934) | |
December 17th, 1977 (December 17 1977) | Birth | Arnaud Clement, French tennis player | |
December 17th, 1976 (December 17 1976) | Birth | Eric Bedard, Canadian speed skater | |
December 17th, 1976 (December 17 1976) | Birth | Zsanett Egerhazi, Hungarian-born porn actress | |
December 17th, 1976 (December 17 1976) | Birth | Nir Davidovich, Israeli footballer | |
December 17th, 1976 (December 17 1976) | Birth | Patrick Muller, Swiss footballer | |
December 17th, 1976 (December 17 1976) | Birth | Takeo Spikes, American football player | |
December 17th, 1975 (December 17 1975) | Birth | Nick Dinsmore (Eugene), American professional wrestler | |
December 17th, 1975 (December 17 1975) | Birth | Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-born actress | |
December 17th, 1975 (December 17 1975) | Birth | Sarah Paulson, American actress | |
December 17th, 1975 (December 17 1975) | Birth | Bree Sharp, American singer/songwriter | |
December 17th, 1974 (December 17 1974) | Birth | Duff Goldman, American chef | |
December 17th, 1974 (December 17 1974) | Birth | Giovanni Ribisi, American actor | |
December 17th, 1973 (December 17 1973) | Event | Terrorism: 30 passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome s Leonardo da Vinci Airport. | |
December 17th, 1973 (December 17 1973) | Birth | Konstadinos Gatsioudis, Greek javelin thrower | |
December 17th, 1973 (December 17 1973) | Birth | Paula Radcliffe, English runner | |
December 17th, 1972 (December 17 1972) | Birth | John Abraham, Indian actor | Abraham Quotes |
December 17th, 1972 (December 17 1972) | Birth | Laurie Holden, American actress | |
December 17th, 1971 (December 17 1971) | Birth | Alan Khan, South African radio disc jockey | |
December 17th, 1971 (December 17 1971) | Birth | Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player | |
December 17th, 1970 (December 17 1970) | Event | Polish 1970 protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens. | |
December 17th, 1970 (December 17 1970) | Birth | Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor | |
December 17th, 1969 (December 17 1969) | Event | The SALT I talks begin. | |
December 17th, 1969 (December 17 1969) | Event | Project Blue Book: The USAF closes its study of UFOs, stating that sightings were generated as a result of "A mild form of mass hysteria, Individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity, psychopathological persons, and misidentification of various conventional objects." | |
December 17th, 1969 (December 17 1969) | Birth | Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial artist | Chuck D Quotes |
December 17th, 1969 (December 17 1969) | Birth | Chris Mason, English darts player | |
December 17th, 1968 (December 17 1968) | Birth | Andrey Golovatiuk, Russian politician | |
December 17th, 1968 (December 17 1968) | Birth | Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver | |
December 17th, 1967 (December 17 1967) | Event | Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and was presumed drowned. | |
December 17th, 1967 (December 17 1967) | Birth | Gigi D Agostino, Italian DJ and musician | |
December 17th, 1967 (December 17 1967) | Birth | Vincent Damphousse, Canadian ice hockey player | |
December 17th, 1967 (December 17 1967) | Death | Harold Holt, Australian Prime Minister (born in 1908) | |
December 17th, 1967 (December 17 1967) | Death | Jack Perrin, American actor (born in 1896) | |
December 17th, 1966 (December 17 1966) | Birth | Tracy Byrd, American musician | |
December 17th, 1966 (December 17 1966) | Birth | Valeri Liukin, Soviet gymnast | |
December 17th, 1966 (December 17 1966) | Birth | Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician | |
December 17th, 1965 (December 17 1965) | Birth | Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player | |
December 17th, 1964 (December 17 1964) | Birth | Ginger, English singer and guitarist (The Wildhearts) | |
December 17th, 1964 (December 17 1964) | Birth | Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player | |
December 17th, 1964 (December 17 1964) | Birth | Michele Tafoya, American sportscaster | |
December 17th, 1964 (December 17 1964) | Death | Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1883) | |
December 17th, 1962 (December 17 1962) | Birth | Paul Dobson, English footballer | |
December 17th, 1962 (December 17 1962) | Birth | Richard Jewell, central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (died in 2007) | |
December 17th, 1962 (December 17 1962) | Birth | Rocco Mediate, American golfer | |
December 17th, 1962 (December 17 1962) | Death | Thomas Mitchell, American actor (born in 1892) | |
December 17th, 1961 (December 17 1961) | Event | History of Goa: Operation VijayIndia seizes Goa from Portugal. | |
December 17th, 1961 (December 17 1961) | Birth | Sara Dallin, English singer (Bananarama) | |
December 17th, 1960 (December 17 1960) | Birth | Moreno Argentin, Italian cyclist | |
December 17th, 1958 (December 17 1958) | Birth | Mike Mills, American musician (R.E.M.) | |
December 17th, 1957 (December 17 1957) | Event | The United States successfully launched the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | |
December 17th, 1957 (December 17 1957) | Birth | Earl Hudson, American drummer (Bad Brains) | |
December 17th, 1957 (December 17 1957) | Death | Dorothy L. Sayers, English writer (born in 1893) | |
December 17th, 1956 (December 17 1956) | Birth | Peter Farrelly, American film director | |
December 17th, 1955 (December 17 1955) | Birth | Brad Davis, American basketball player | |
December 17th, 1953 (December 17 1953) | Birth | Samuel Hadida, film distributor | |
December 17th, 1953 (December 17 1953) | Birth | Barry Livingston, American actor | |
December 17th, 1953 (December 17 1953) | Birth | Bill Pullman, American actor | |
December 17th, 1951 (December 17 1951) | Birth | Ken Hitchcock, Canadian ice hockey coach | |
December 17th, 1951 (December 17 1951) | Birth | Tatyana Kazankina, Soviet athlete | |
December 17th, 1950 (December 17 1950) | Birth | Laurence F. Johnson, American educator | |
December 17th, 1949 (December 17 1949) | Birth | Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer | |
December 17th, 1949 (December 17 1949) | Birth | Paul Rodgers, English singer (Free; Bad Company) | |
December 17th, 1947 (December 17 1947) | Birth | Wes Studi, American actor | |
December 17th, 1946 (December 17 1946) | Birth | Eugene Levy, Canadian actor | |
December 17th, 1945 (December 17 1945) | Birth | Ernie Hudson, American actor | |
December 17th, 1945 (December 17 1945) | Birth | Chris Matthews, American journalist | |
December 17th, 1945 (December 17 1945) | Birth | Jacqueline Wilson, English author | |
December 17th, 1944 (December 17 1944) | Event | World War II: Battle of the BulgeMalmedy massacreAmerican 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Peiper. | |
December 17th, 1944 (December 17 1944) | Birth | Jack L. Chalker, American novelist (died in 2005) | |
December 17th, 1944 (December 17 1944) | Birth | Bernard Hill, English actor | |
December 17th, 1943 (December 17 1943) | Birth | Mary Brunner, American former "Manson Family" member | |
December 17th, 1943 (December 17 1943) | Birth | Ron Geesin, Scottish musician and composer | |
December 17th, 1942 (December 17 1942) | Birth | Paul Butterfield, American musician (died in 1987) | |
December 17th, 1941 (December 17 1941) | Event | World War II: Beginning of the Siege of Sebastopol. | |
December 17th, 1941 (December 17 1941) | Event | World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo. | |
December 17th, 1940 (December 17 1940) | Birth | Kare Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist | |
December 17th, 1940 (December 17 1940) | Death | Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (born in 1860) | |
December 17th, 1939 (December 17 1939) | Event | World War II: Battle of the River PlateThe Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo. | |
December 17th, 1939 (December 17 1939) | Birth | Eddie Kendricks, American singer (The Temptations) (died in 1992) | |
December 17th, 1938 (December 17 1938) | Birth | Carlo Little, English drummer (died in 2005) | |
December 17th, 1938 (December 17 1938) | Birth | Peter Snell, New Zealand runner | |
December 17th, 1937 (December 17 1937) | Birth | Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (died in 2005) | |
December 17th, 1937 (December 17 1937) | Birth | John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (died in 1969) | |
December 17th, 1937 (December 17 1937) | Birth | Calvin Waller, US Army general (died in 1996) | |
December 17th, 1936 (December 17 1936) | Birth | Tommy Steele, English singer and actor | |
December 17th, 1935 (December 17 1935) | Event | First flight of the Douglas DC-3 airplane. | |
December 17th, 1935 (December 17 1935) | Birth | George Lindsey, American actor | |
December 17th, 1935 (December 17 1935) | Birth | Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball coach (died in 1999) | |
December 17th, 1934 (December 17 1934) | Birth | Ray Wilson, English footballer | |
December 17th, 1933 (December 17 1933) | Death | Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (born in 1876) | |
December 17th, 1931 (December 17 1931) | Birth | Dave Madden, Canadian-born American actor | |
December 17th, 1930 (December 17 1930) | Birth | Bob Guccione, American magazine publisher | |
December 17th, 1930 (December 17 1930) | Birth | Bob Mathias, American decathlete and congressman (died in 2006) | |
December 17th, 1930 (December 17 1930) | Birth | Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor | |
December 17th, 1929 (December 17 1929) | Birth | Jacqueline Hill, English actress (died in 1993) | |
December 17th, 1929 (December 17 1929) | Birth | William Safire, American columnist | |
December 17th, 1929 (December 17 1929) | Death | Manuel Gomes da Costa, 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 10th President of Portugal (born in 1863) | |
December 17th, 1927 (December 17 1927) | Birth | Richard Long, American actor (died in 1974) | |
December 17th, 1926 (December 17 1926) | Event | Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the ?1926 coup d etat? is successful. | |
December 17th, 1926 (December 17 1926) | Birth | Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (died in 1985) | |
December 17th, 1923 (December 17 1923) | Birth | Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (died in 2006) | |
December 17th, 1922 (December 17 1922) | Birth | Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (died in 2005) | |
December 17th, 1920 (December 17 1920) | Birth | Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist (died in 2004) | |
December 17th, 1919 (December 17 1919) | Event | Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. | |
December 17th, 1917 (December 17 1917) | Death | Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (born in 1836) | Beth Anderson Quotes |
December 17th, 1917 (December 17 1917) | Death | Frank Gotch, American professional wrestler (born in 1878) | |
December 17th, 1916 (December 17 1916) | Birth | Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (died in 2000) | |
December 17th, 1915 (December 17 1915) | Birth | Andre Claveau, French singer (died in 2003) | |
December 17th, 1910 (December 17 1910) | Birth | Sy Oliver, American jazz arranger and bandleader (died in 1988) | |
December 17th, 1909 (December 17 1909) | Death | Leopold II of Belgium (born in 1835) | |
December 17th, 1908 (December 17 1908) | Birth | Willard Frank Libby, American chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1980) | |
December 17th, 1907 (December 17 1907) | Death | William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-born physicist (born in 1824) | William Thomson Quotes |
December 17th, 1906 (December 17 1906) | Birth | Fernando Lopes-Graca, Portuguese composer and musicologist (died in 1994) | |
December 17th, 1905 (December 17 1905) | Birth | Simo Hayha, Finnish sniper (died in 2002) | |
December 17th, 1905 (December 17 1905) | Birth | Erico Lopes Verissimo, Brazilian writer (died in 1975) | |
December 17th, 1904 (December 17 1904) | Birth | Paul Cadmus, American artist (died in 1999) | |
December 17th, 1903 (December 17 1903) | Event | The Wright Brothers make their first powered and heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. | |
December 17th, 1903 (December 17 1903) | Birth | Erskine Caldwell, American author (died in 1987) | |
December 17th, 1903 (December 17 1903) | Birth | Ray Noble, English bandleader and actor (died in 1978) | |
December 17th, 1900 (December 17 1900) | Birth | Mary Cartwright, English mathematician (died in 1998) | |
December 17th, 1900 (December 17 1900) | Birth | Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (died in 1973) | |
December 17th, 1894 (December 17 1894) | Birth | Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (died in 1979) | |
December 17th, 1893 (December 17 1893) | Birth | Erwin Piscator, German film director (died in 1966) | |
December 17th, 1892 (December 17 1892) | Birth | Sam Barry, American basketball coach (died in 1950) | |
December 17th, 1888 (December 17 1888) | Birth | King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (died in 1934) | |
December 17th, 1887 (December 17 1887) | Birth | Josef Lada, Czech painter (died in 1957) | |
December 17th, 1887 (December 17 1887) | Birth | Hermine Reuss, Empress of Germany and Duchess of Bohemia (died in 1947) | |
December 17th, 1883 (December 17 1883) | Birth | Raimu, French actor (died in 1946) | |
December 17th, 1874 (December 17 1874) | Birth | William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (died in 1950) | William Lyon Mackenzie King Quotes |
December 17th, 1873 (December 17 1873) | Birth | Ford Madox Ford, English writer (died in 1939) | Ford Madox Ford Quotes |
December 17th, 1862 (December 17 1862) | Event | American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky. | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
December 17th, 1860 (December 17 1860) | Death | Desiree Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (born in 1777) | |
December 17th, 1859 (December 17 1859) | Birth | Paul Cesar Helleu, French artist (died in 1927) | |
December 17th, 1853 (December 17 1853) | Birth | Emile Roux, French physician (died in 1933) | |
December 17th, 1847 (December 17 1847) | Birth | Emile Faguet, French writer and critic (died in 1916) | |
December 17th, 1847 (December 17 1847) | Death | Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (born in 1791) | |
December 17th, 1835 (December 17 1835) | Birth | Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, American scientist; son of Louis Agassiz (d. | |
December 17th, 1834 (December 17 1834) | Event | The Dublin and Kingstown Railway the first public railway on the island of Ireland, opens in Ireland. | |
December 17th, 1833 (December 17 1833) | Death | Kaspar Hauser, German foundling (born in 1812) | |
December 17th, 1830 (December 17 1830) | Birth | Jules de Goncourt, French publisher (died in 1870) | |
December 17th, 1830 (December 17 1830) | Death | Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan-born libertator, six nations (born in 1783) | Simon Bolivar Quotes |
December 17th, 1819 (December 17 1819) | Event | Simon Bolivar declares the independence of the Republic of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolivar in Venezuela). | Simon Bolivar Quotes |
December 17th, 1807 (December 17 1807) | Event | France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System. | |
December 17th, 1807 (December 17 1807) | Birth | John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and abolitionist (died in 1892) | John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes |
December 17th, 1796 (December 17 1796) | Birth | Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (died in 1865) | |
December 17th, 1778 (December 17 1778) | Birth | Sir Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist (died in 1829) | |
December 17th, 1770 (December 17 1770) | Birth | (Baptism)Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (died in 1827) | Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes |
December 17th, 1749 (December 17 1749) | Birth | Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (died in 1801) | |
December 17th, 1734 (December 17 1734) | Birth | Maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (died in 1816) | |
December 17th, 1721 (December 17 1721) | Death | Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (born in 1640) | |
December 17th, 1718 (December 17 1718) | Event | Great Britain declares war on Spain. | |
December 17th, 1706 (December 17 1706) | Birth | Emilie du Chatelet, French mathematician and physicist (died in 1749) | |
December 17th, 1685 (December 17 1685) | Birth | Thomas Tickell, English writer (died in 1740) | |
December 17th, 1663 (December 17 1663) | Death | Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (born in 1583) | |
December 17th, 1637 (December 17 1637) | Event | Shimabara Rebellion: Japanese peasants led by Amakusa Shiro rise against daimyo Matsukura Shigeharu. | |
December 17th, 1632 (December 17 1632) | Birth | Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (died in 1695) | |
December 17th, 1619 (December 17 1619) | Birth | Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (died in 1682) | |
December 17th, 1600 (December 17 1600) | Event | Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de Medici. | |
December 17th, 1586 (December 17 1586) | Event | Emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan. | |
December 17th, 1577 (December 17 1577) | Event | Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific Coast of the Americas for English Queen Elizabeth I. | |
December 17th, 1538 (December 17 1538) | Event | Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England. | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
December 17th, 1531 (December 17 1531) | Event | Pope Clement VII establishes a parallel body to the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal. | |
December 17th, 1398 (December 17 1398) | Event | Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud s armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur. | |
December 17th, 1273 (December 17 1273) | Death | Rumi (b.1207) | |
December 17th, 1267 (December 17 1267) | Birth | Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (died in 1324) | |
December 17th, 1239 (December 17 1239) | Birth | Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (died in 1256) | |
December 17th, 1195 (December 17 1195) | Death | Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (born in 1150) | |
December 17th, 1187 (December 17 1187) | Death | Pope Gregory VIII | |
December 17th, 0942 (December 17 0942) | Event | Assassination of William I of Normandy. | |
December 17th, 0942 (December 17 0942) | Death | William Longsword | |
December 17th, 0920 (December 17 0920) | Event | Romanos I is crowned as co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII. | |
December 17th, 0546 (December 17 0546) | Event | Gothic War (535-554): The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison. | |
December 17th, 0535 (December 17 0535) | Death | Emperor Ankan of Japan (born in 466) | |