November 17 is the 321st day of the year (322nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 44 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
474 - Zeno becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire .
794 - Emperor Kammu of Japan changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto .
1183 - Battle of Mizushima in Japan .
1292 – John Balliol becomes King of Scotland .
1511 – Spain and England ally against France .
1558 – Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England .
1603 - English politician and explorer Walter Raleigh is put on trial .
1659 - The Treaty of the Pyrenees is signed by France and Spain .
1777 - US Articles of Confederation 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 Capitol building in Washington, DC holds its first session of the U.S. Congress .
1810 - Sweden declares war on the United Kingdom , though no fighting takes place.
1811 - José Miguel Carrera 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 .
1831 – Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Greater Colombia .
1839 - Oberto , Giuseppe Verdi 's first opera , opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan .
1863 - American Civil War : The Siege of Knoxville begins. Confederate forces under James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee under siege .
1869 – In Egypt , the Suez Canal , linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea , is inaugurated in an elaborate ceremony .
1871 - The National Rifle Association of America is given a charter by the state of New York .
1874 - British sailing ship Cospatrick catches fire in the South Atlantic Ocean and sinks, killing 467 people.
1876 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 's "Slavonic March" is performed for the first time, in Moscow .
1878 - An assassination attempt is made on King Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante .
1901 – 2000
1903 - The Russian Social Democratic Party splits into the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks .
1915 - Morocco starts using its current flag .
1919 – King George V of the United Kingdom proclaims Armistice Day (later Remembrance Day ). The idea was first suggested by Edward George Honey .
1922 - Former Sultan of the Ottoman Empire , Mehmed VI , goes into exile in Italy .
1933 – The United States recognizes the Soviet Union .
1939 - Nine Czech students are executed as a response to Anti-Nazi protests after the death of Jan Opletal . All Czech universities are shut down and over 1,200 students are sent to concentration camps.
1947 - The Screen Actors Guild implements an Anti-Communist loyalty oath .
1947 - American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor .
1950 - Lhamo Dondrub is officially named Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama .
1953 - The last people to have lived in the Blasket Islands, County Kerry , Ireland , are evacuated from their homes.
1953 - The Minquiers and Ecrehos case ends with the International Court of Justice giving Minquiers and Écréhous to Jersey .
1954 – Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes President of Egypt .
1962 - John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport , serving the Washington, DC region.
1968 - Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to kill Greek dictator George Papadopoulos .
1969 - Soviet and US negotiators meet in Helsinki to begin talks on limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
1970 – Vietnam War : Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai massacre .
1970 - Soviet Luna programme: The Soviet Union launches the "Lunokhod 1" probe to the Moon , released by the Luna 17 aircraft .
1973 - The Athens Polytechnic Uprising against the Greek military regime ends in bloodshed.
1973 – Watergate scandal : In Orlando, Florida , US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook".
1982 - Duk Koo Kim, a South Korean boxer, dies as a result from injuries he suffered in a Las Vegas boxing match against Ray Mancini.
1983 - The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico .
1989 - The Velvet Revolution begins in Czechoslovakia against the government of Ladislav Adamec. It is part of the Fall of the Iron Curtain , and leads to Vaclav Havel becoming President on December 29 .
1990 - Fugnendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcano in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan , erupts.
1993 - The United States House of Representatives approves the North American Free Trade Agreement .
1993 - In Nigeria , Sani Abacha comes to power through a military coup against the government of Ernest Shonekon.
1997 - 62 people are killed by Islamic militants in Luxor , Egypt .
2000 - A landslide occurs at Log pog Mangartom, Slovenia , killing 7 people.
2000 – Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as President of Peru .
From 2001
Births
Up to 1900
9 – Vespasian , Roman Emperor (d. 79 )
1293 - King Philip V of France (d. 1322 )
1502 – Atahualpa , last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533 )
1503 - Agnolo Bronzini , Italian painter (d. 1572 )
1576 - Roqué González de Santa Cruz , Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628 )
1587 - Joost van den Vondel , Dutch poet , writer and playwright (d. 1679 )
1612 - Dorgon , Manchu prince of the Qing Dynasty (d. 1650 )
1729 – Maria Antonietta of Spain , Queen of Sardinia (d. 1785 )
1749 – Nicolas Appert , French inventor (d. 1841 )
1755 – King Louis XVIII of France (d. 1824 )
1784 - Ebenezer Henderson , Scottish minister and missionary (d. 1858 )
1790 – August Ferdinand Moebius , German mathematician (d. 1868 )
1794 - George Grote , English classicist (d. 1871 )
1816 - August Wilhelm Ambros , Austrian composer (d. 1876 )
1827 - Petko Slaveykov , Bulgarian poet (d. 1895 )
1835 - Andrew L. Harris , 44th Governor of Ohio (d. 1915 )
1854 - Hubert Lyautey , French general (d. 1934 )
1857 - Joseph Babinski , French neurologist (d. 1932 )
1866 - Voltarine de Cleyre , American author and activist (d. 1912 )
1868 - Korbinian Brodmann , German neurologist (d. 1918 )
1877 - Frank Calder , English-Canadian journalist and businessman (d. 1943 )
1878 - Grace Abbott , American social worker (d. 1939 )
1878 - Augustus Goessling , American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1963 )
1878 – Lise Meitner , Austrian physicist (d. 1968 )
1886 - Walter Terence Stace , British philosopher (d. 1957 )
1887 – Bernard Montgomery , British World War II commander (d. 1976 )
1895 - Mikhail Bakhtin , Russian philosopher (d. 1975 )
1895 - Gregorio López , Mexican journalist , author and poet (d. 1966 )
1896 - Lev Vygotsky , Russian psychologist (d. 1934 )
1901 – 1950
1901 – Lee Strasberg , Austrian director (d. 1982 )
1901 - Walter Hallstein , German politician and diplomat (d. 1982 )
1902 – Eugene Wigner , Hungarian physicist (d. 1995 )
1904 – Salomeja Neris , Lithuanian poet (d. 1945 )
1904 - Paul Chaudet , Swiss politician (d. 1977 )
1905 – Queen Astrid of the Belgians (d. 1935 )
1905 - Mischa Auer , Russian-born American actor (d. 1967 )
1906 – Soichiro Honda , Japanese businessman and automobile executive (d. 1991 )
1912 - Kim Sung-Gan , Korean-Japanese footballer (d. 1984 )
1916 - George Silk , New Zealand-American photojournalist (d. 2004 )
1916 - Shelby Foote , American historian and novelist (d. 2005 )
1920 - Camillo Felgen , Luxembourg singer-songwriter (d. 2005 )
1920 - Ellis Kaut , German writer and illustrator (d. 2015 )
1921 - Albert Bertelsen , Danish painter
1922 – Stanley Cohen , American biochemist
1923 – Aristides Pereira , 1st President of Cape Verde (d. 2011 )
1923 - Hubertus Brandenburg , German-born Swedish Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2009 )
1925 – Rock Hudson , American actor (d. 1985 )
1925 – Charles Mackerras , Australian conductor (d. 2010 )
1926 - Vlasta Chramostová , Czech actress (d. 2019 )
1928 - Arman , French-American artist (d. 2005 )
1928 - Rance Howard , American actor (d. 2017 )
1929 - Norm Zauchin , American baseball player (d. 1999 )
1930 - Bob Mathias , American athlete, actor and politician (d. 2006 )
1933 - Isao Iwabuchi , Japanese footballer (d. 2003 )
1933 - Roger Leloup , Belgian comic artist and writer
1934 - Jim Inhofe , American politician, United States Senator for Oklahoma
1935 – Toni Sailer , Austrian skier (d. 2009 )
1937 - Peter Cook , British author , actor and comedian (d. 1995 )
1938 – Gordon Lightfoot , Canadian singer
1939 - Eddie Reeves , American songwriter and record label executive (d. 2018 )
1940 - Luke Kelly , Irish singer and banjo player (d. 1984 )
1940 - Gunnar Uldall , German politician (d. 2017 )
1942 – Martin Scorsese , American movie director
1943 - Lauren Hutton , American actress
1944 – Danny DeVito , American actor
1944 – Rem Koolhaas , Dutch architect
1944 - Joe Boeheim , American basketball player and coach
1944 - Lorne Michaels , Israeli-American television producer
1945 - Elvin Hayes , American basketball player
1945 - Jeremy Hanley , English politician
1946 – Martin Barre , English rock musician (Jethro Tull )
1946 - Terry Branstad , 39th Governor of Iowa
1947 - Jorge Sassi , Argentine actor (d. 2015 )
1948 – Howard Dean , American politician
1948 - Tom Wolf , American politician, 47th Governor of Pennsylvania
1949 – Nguyen Tan Dung , Prime Minister of Vietnam
1949 – John Boehner , American politician
1951 – 1975
1951 - Dean Paul Martin , American singer, actor and tennis player (d. 1987 )
1951 - Stephen Root , American actor
1951 - Jack Vettriano , Scottish painter
1952 - Cyril Ramaphosa , South African politician and businessman, President of South Africa
1954 – Chopper Read , Australian mobster (d. 2013 )
1955 – Yolanda King , American activist (d. 2007 )
1958 - Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , American actress and singer
1959 - Terry Fenwick , English footballer
1959 – Thomas Allofs , German footballer
1960 – Jonathan Ross , British television presenter
1960 - RuPaul , American actor, drag queen , model, author and singer
1960 - Mandy Yachad , South African cricketer and field hockey player
1961 - Wolfram Wuttke , German footballer (d. 2015 )
1964 - Susan Rice , American politician and diplomat
1964 - Iain Stewart , Scottish geologist
1964 - Moses Sithole , South African serial killer
1966 – Jeff Buckley , American musician (d. 1997 )
1966 – Richard Fortus , American guitarist (Guns N' Roses )
1966 - Daisy Fuentes , Cuban-American television host and model
1966 – Sophie Marceau , French actress
1967 - Tab Benoit , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 - Sean Miller , American basketball player
1970 - Paul Allender , English guitarist and songwriter
1971 - Michael Adams , English chess player
1972 - Kimya Dawson , American singer-songwriter
1972 - Lorraine Pascale , British chef and former model
1973 - Andreas Hedlund , Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1973 - Eli Marrero , Cuban -American baseball player, coach and manager
1973 – Bernd Schneider , German footballer
1973 - Alexei Urmanov , Russian figure skater
1974 - Eunice Barber , Sierra Leonean -French heptathlete and long jumper
1974 - Leslie Bibb , American actress
1974 - Berto Romero , Spanish humorist
1975 - Jerome P. James , American basketball player
From 1976
1976 - Jacqueline Aguilera , Venezuelan model
1976 - Brandon Call , American actor
1976 - Diane Neal , American actress
1978 - Frode Kippe , Norwegian footballer
1978 - Rachel McAdams , Canadian actress
1980 - Isaac Hanson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hanson )
1981 – Sarah Harding , English singer (Girls Aloud )
1981 - Doug Walker , American YouTube personality (Nostalgia Critic )
1983 - Ryan Bradley , American figure skater
1983 - Harry Lloyd , British actor
1984 - Park Han-byul , South Korean actress
1986 - Luis Aguiar , Uruguayan footballer
1986 – Nani , Portuguese footballer
1986 - Alexis Vastine , French boxer (d. 2015 )
1986 - Greg Rutherford , British long jumper and sprinter
1987 – Gemma Spofforth , British swimmer
1990 - Shanica Knowles , American actress and singer
1990 - Doriemus , New Zealand racehorse (d. 2015 )
1993 - Taylor Gold , American snowboarder
1994 – Raquel Castro , American actress
1998 - Kara Hayward , American actress
Deaths
Up to 1900
344 - Emperor Kang of Jin
375 – Valentinian I , Roman Emperor (b. 321 )
474 - Leo II , Byzantine Emperor (b. 467 )
594 - Gregory of Tours , Gallo -Roman bishop
641 - Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593 )
885 - Liugard of Saxony (b. 845 )
1231 - Elizabeth of Hungary (b. 1207 )
1492 - Jami , Persian poet (b. 1414 )
1494 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola , Italian philosopher (b. 1463 )
1558 - Reginald Pole , English archbishop (b. 1500 )
1558 – Queen Mary I of England (b. 1516 )
1562 - Antoine of Navarre (b. 1518 )
1592 – King John III of Sweden (b. 1537 )
1600 - Kuki Yoshitaka , Japanese navy commander (b. 1542 )
1632 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim , Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594 )
1713 – Abraham van Riebeeck , Dutch colonial governor (b. 1653 )
1720 - Calico Jack , English pirate (b. 1682 )
1768 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1693 )
1780 - Bernardo Bellotto , Italian painter (b. 1720 )
1796 – Catherine II of Russia (b. 1729 )
1818 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Queen Consort of Great Britain and Ireland (b. 1744 )
1825 - Walter Leake , Governor of Mississippi (b. 1762 )
1858 – Robert Owen , Welsh social reformer (b. 1771 )
1893 - Alexander of Battenberg , Prince of Bulgaria (b. 1857 )
1901 – 2000
1905 – Adolphe , Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1817 )
1917 – Auguste Rodin , French sculptor (b. 1840 )
1920 - John Franklin Fort , Governor of New Jersey (b. 1852 )
1922 - Robert Comtesse , Swiss politician (b. 1847 )
1924 - Patriarch Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850 )
1928 - Lala Lajpat Rai , Indian author and politician (b. 1865 )
1929 - Herman Hollerith , American businessman (b. 1860 )
1934 - Joachim Ringelnatz , German writer (b. 1883 )
1940 - Eric Gill , English sculptor (b. 1882 )
1940 - Raymond Pearl , American biologist (b. 1879 )
1947 - Ricarda Huch , German writer, poet , philosopher and historian (b. 1864 )
1959 – Heitor Villa-Lobos , Brazilian composer (b. 1887 )
1961 - Michael Rockefeller , American explorer (b. 1938 )
1966 – James Jabara , American Air Force pilot (b. 1923 )
1968 – Mervyn Peake , British writer (b. 1911 )
1971 - Debaki Bose , Indian actor , director and writer (b. 1898 )
1971 - Gladys Cooper , British actress (b. 1888 )
1973 - Mirra Alfassa , French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878 )
1974 – Erskine Hamilton Childers , President of Ireland (b. 1905 )
1979 – John Glascock , British musician (Jethro Tull ) (b. 1951 )
1982 - Duk Koo Kim , South Korean boxer (b. 1959 )
1985 - Lon Nol , Cambodian politician (b. 1913 )
1986 - Georges Besse , French manager (Renault ) (b. 1927 )
1987 - Paul Derringer , American baseball player (b. 1906 )
1990 – Robert Hofstadter , American physicist (b. 1915 )
1992 - Audre Lorde , Caribbean-American author , poet and activist (b. 1934 )
1998 - Esther Rolle , American actress (b. 1920 )
2000 – Louis Néel , French physicist (b. 1904 )
From 2001
2002 - Abba Eban , Israeli politician (b. 1915 )
2004 - Alexander Ragulin , Russian ice hockey player (b. 1941 )
2004 - Mikael Ljungberg , Swedish wrestler (b. 1970 )
2006 – Ferenc Puskas , Hungarian footballer (b. 1927 )
2006 – Bo Schembechler , American football coach (b. 1929 )
2006 – Flo Sandon's , Italian singer (b. 1924 )
2010 – Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa , Brazilian footballer (b. 1923 )
2012 - Bal Thackeray , Indian politician (b. 1926 )
2013 - Doris Lessing , British writer (b. 1919 )
2014 - Bill Frenzel , American politician (b. 1928 )
2014 - Jimmy Ruffin , American singer (b. 1936 )
2015 - Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi , Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1922 )
2016 - Ruth Gruber , American journalist (b. 1911 )
2016 - Whitney Smith , American vexillologist (b. 1940 )
2017 - Salvatore Riina , Italian mafia boss (b. 1930 )
2017 - Earle Hyman , American actor (b. 1926 )
2017 - Rikard Wolff , Swedish actor (b. 1958 )
2017 - Aleksandr Salnikov , Soviet-Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1949 )
2018 - Richard Baker , English broadcaster (b. 1925 )
2018 - Gene Berce , American basketball player (b. 1926 )
2018 - Kayo Dottley , American football player (b. 1928 )
2018 - Alyque Padamsee , Indian actor (b. 1928 )
2018 - Eduard von Falz-Fein , Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman, journalist and sportsman (b. 1912 )
2019 - Harley D. Nygren , American admiral and photographer (b. 1924 )
2019 - Adnan Pachachi , Iraqi politician and diplomat (b. 1923 )
Observances