361 Historic Events for October 17
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| 532 |
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Boniface II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 532 |
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Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies
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| 733 |
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Battle at Poitiers: Charles Martel beats Abd al-Rachmans Omajjaden
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| 1312 |
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Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies
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| 1387 |
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Swells convent Windesheim initiated
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| 1404 |
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Cosma de' Migliorati elected Pope Innocentius VII
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| 1415 |
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Jewish autonomy in Palestine ends, as Raban Gamliel leaves office
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| 1469 |
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Crown prince Fernando of Arag¢n marries princess Isabella of Castili‰
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| 1483 |
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Tomas de Torquemada appointed inquisitor-general of Spain
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| 1492 |
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Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas)
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| 1552 |
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Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53
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| 1556 |
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Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain
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| 1563 |
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Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer
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| 1577 |
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Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)
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| 1586 |
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Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32
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| 1626 |
Birth |
Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)
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| 1638 |
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Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63
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| 1651 |
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Future King Charles II flees from England
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| 1688 |
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Domenico Zipoli, composer
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| 1691 |
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New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth
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| 1696 |
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August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen
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| 1702 |
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Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies
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| 1704 |
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Willem Bentinck, orangist
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| 1707 |
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German composer Johann S Bach marries his niece Maria Bach
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| 1711 |
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Jupiter Hammon, 1st American black to publish poetry (Complete Works)
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