17 December - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on December 17, the day number in a year is 351 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 352. December 17 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
December 17 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 497 | The temple to the Roman god Saturn was dedicated in the Roman Forum; its anniversary was celebrated as Saturnalia. |
| 546 | After a nearly year-long siege, Ostrogoths led by Totila sackedRome. |
| 942 | William I Longsword of Normandy was ambushed and assassinated by supporters of Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, while the two were at a peace conference to settle their differences. |
| 1398 | The Mongol emperor Timurlang captured Delhi. Delhi plundered by looting and slaughtering. |
| 1583 | Cologne War-Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeated the troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg. |
| 1645 | Nur Jahan Begum, wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, died. |
| 1718 | The Empire of the Roman Empire, Great Britain and the Dutch Republic France formally joined France in declaring Spain's war, triggering a quadruple coalition war. |
| 1777 | France recognized the independence of the British colonies in America. |
| 1790 | The Aztec calendar stone now a symbol of modern Mexican culture, was excavated in the Zócalo, Mexico City main square. |
| 1797 | Napoleon made a successful French charge against Fort l \ aiguillet to secure Tallon. |
| 1819 | The Republic of Gran Colombia in South America was established, with Simón Bolívar as its first president. |
| 1891 | Drexel University in Philadelphia was inaugurated as the Drexel Institute of Arts, Sciences and Industry. |
| 1903 | In Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright aboard the Wright Flyer conducted the first successful flight of a powered fixed-wing aircraft. |
| 1903 | The Wright brothers first flew an aircraft called \ The Flyer. This 12-second flight revolutionized the world. |
| 1907 | Ugyen Wangchuk became the first hereditary king of Bhutan. |
| 1918 | About 1,000 demonstrators marched on Government House in Darwin, Australia, where they burn an effigy of Administrator John Gilruth and demanded his resignation. |
| 1926 | A coup d'état by the Lithuanian military replaced the democratically elected President Kazys Grinius with Antanas Smetona. |
| 1928 | To avenge the murder of Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev killed British police officer John Sanders, who charged him with sticks. |
| 1938 | German chemist Otto Han discovered nuclear fission of uranium. |
| 1940 | Mahatma Gandhi postponed the individual Satyagraha movement. |
| 1944 | Nazi troops under Joachim Peiper killed unarmed prisoners ofwar, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, with machine guns nearMalmedy, Belgium. |
| 1949 | Burma now Myanmar) recognized communist China. |
| 1951 | The Civil Rights Congress, an American civil rights group,presented a document to the United Nations Genocide Convention chargingthe United States government with genocide against African Americans. |
| 1960 | A US Air Force Convair C-131 Samaritan crashed shortly after take-off into downtown Munich due to fuel contamination, killing all 20 people on board as well as 32 more on the ground. |
| 1970 | Soldiers fired at workers emerging from trains in Gdynia, Poland, beginning the government's brutal crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the country. |
| 1971 | The third war between India and Pakistan ended after Bangladesh came into existence as a result of the partition of Pakistan. |
| 1981 | The Emergency Mobilization Board was established in the United States by order of President Reagan. |
| 1987 | Mega Man was released in Japan. |
| 1989 | The Simpsons, currently the longest-running American prime time entertainment series, made its debut on the Fox television network with the episode 'Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire'. |
| 1992 | General Suwa finds a tooth of 4.4 million-year-old Australopithecus ramidus. |
| 1993 | Kevin Scott skates world record 1000 m (1:12.54). |
| 1993 | Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27). |
| 1994 | KLM's last DC-10 goes out of service. |
| 1996 | National Football League was launched. |
| 1998 | American and British bomb years heavily bombed Iraq under \ Operation Desert Fox. |
| 2004 | President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates the position of national security director. |
| 2005 | King Jig Sigme Wanchuk of Bhutan was removed from power. |
| 2009 | The sinking of the cargo ship MV Danny F2 off the coast of Lebanon killed 40 people and over 28,000 animals. |
| 2010 | The first ever HIV infection is announced in the Cook Islands. |
| 2010 | Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire inprotest to police harassment, triggering the Tunisian Revolution. |
| 2011 | In the Philippines, flash floods from Tropical Storm Washi killed at least 400 people, with more missing. |
| 2012 | Outgoing U.S. Senator Jim DeMint is replaced by GOP Congressman Tim Scott, the first black senator from the South since 1881. |
| 2013 | It is announced that Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates, Nirvana, KISS and Cat Stevens will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. |
| 2013 | The Istanbul Security Directory detained 47 people, most of them members of the ruling Justice and Development Party, on charges of corruption. |
| 2013 | Angela Merkel was elected to the post of Chancellor of Germany for the third time. |
| 2014 | The U.S. will end its 1960 embargo and reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba; the agreement took place after an exchange of three Cuban spies for aid worker Alan Gross and an unnamed American spy. |
| 2014 | America and Cuba restored diplomatic relations again after 55 years. |
Famous Birthdays of December 17:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1887 | Josef Lada / Painter / Czech Republic |
| 1953 | Bill Pullman / Actor / United States of America |
| 1980 | Eli Pariser / Author / United States of America |
| 1982 | Craig Kielburger / Author / Canada |
| 1988 | Liisa Ehrberg / Cyclist / Estonia |
| 1894 | Arthur Fiedler / Conductor / United States of America |
| 1980 | Ryan Hunter-Reay / Racing Car Driver / United States of America |
| 1938 | Peter Snell / Runner / New Zealand |
| 1977 | Arnaud Clément / Tennis Player / France |
| 1978 | Chase Utley / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1956 | Totka Petrova / Runner / Bulgaria |
| 1967 | Vincent Damphousse / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1973 | Paula Radcliffe / Runner / United Kingdom |
| 1947 | Wes Studi / Actor / United States of America |
| 1951 | Pat Hill / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1986 | Emma Bell / Actress / United States of America |
| 1955 | Brad Davis / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1992 | Quinton de Kock / Cricketer / South Africa |
| 1977 | Samuel Påhlsson / Ice Hockey Player / Sweden |
| 1965 | Craig Berube / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1953 | Barry Livingston / Actor / United States of America |
| 1992 | Joshua Ingram / Drummer / Canada |
| 1866 | Kazys Grinius / Politician / Lithuania |
| 1969 | Inna Lasovskaya / Jumper / Russia |
| 1993 | Patricia Kú Flores / Tennis Player / Peru |
| 1984 | Julian Bennett / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1941 | Stan Mudenge / Politician / Zimbabwe |
| 1912 | Edward Short / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1934 | Irving Petlin / Painter / United States of America |
| 1920 | Kenneth E. Iverson / Scientist / Canada |
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