According to Gregory calendar, on July 17, the day number in a year is 199 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 200. July 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.

Important Historical Events of 17 July in the World ⚡

Event YearIncident/Event
1429Dauphin was crowned as King of France.
1453The battle of Calcilan ended English with the final struggle of a hundred years of war, except Kallis, with all landholding losing all landholding.
1712England, Portugal and France indicated a ceasefire.
1727Simon van Slingland was appointed Dutch pension consultant.
1740Prospero Lambertini was elected the fourteenth pope.
1762Catherine II became the Empress of Russia after the assassination of Peter II.
1771Dene Pen, served as a Samuel Herne guide on the Coppermine River in Nunnavut, Canada, massacred the collective group of about 20 copper inutes.
1771Dene Pen, served as a Samuel Herne guide over the exploration of the Copmine River in the present Nunnavut, Canada, massacred the collective group of about 20 copper inutes.
1775First military hospital approval received.
1791Members of the French Revolution-National Guard set fire to the crowd gathered in Paris de Mars, Paris to demand the removal of King Louis the sixteenth.
1850The Harvard Observatory took the first photograph of the star.
1861The US Congress authorized the money inscribed on paper.
1862The US military gave permission for blacks to be accepted as workers.
1863The invasion of Vicato began under the leadership of General Duncan Cameron, which resumed the British Army in New Zealand Land Wars.
1863New Zealand Wars resumed as British Army in New Zealand, General Duncan Cameron began his attack on Vikato.
1867In Boston, Massachusetts, Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established as the first Dental School in the United States.
1906Clement Armand Falières was elected President of France.
1912The International Amateur Athletics Federation IAF) was established in Sweden.
1916The birthplace of Abraham Lincoln was established as the National Historical Park in the city of Kentucky in Loughroy County.
1918RMS Carpethia, who rescued the RMS Titanic drowning, was himself drowned by a German U-boat.
1918The Russian Revolution-Bolsheviks executed the Zar Nicholas II in Yakaterinburgh and the family.
1918RMS Carpethia, who rescued people from drowning RMS Titanic, sinks itself by a German U-boat.
1919The constitution was adopted in Finland.
1929The Soviet Union ended diplomatic relations with China.
1936The nationalist rebels attempted a coup against the second Spanish Republic, causing the Spanish civil war.
1944Two ships laden with ammunition for World War II exploded in Port Chicago, California at Port Chicago Naval Magazine, killing 320 sailors and civilians, and more than 400 others were injured.
1944In the United States, 322 people died in an explosion in two ammunition-laden ships near California.
1945Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and Harry S. Truman, leader of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States leader, were found to decide what should be done with Germany after World War II at Popsdam.
1950Communism Act implemented in South Africa.
1968Built by Ahmed Hasan al-Bakra, the Arab Socialistbath Party overthrew the Iraqi President Abdul Rahman Arif.
1973The last king of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zaheer Shah, was counted by his cousin Mohammad Dawood Khan while he underwent surgery in Italy.
197441 people were injured in the bombings in the London Tower.
1981A walking route collapsed due to a structural failure at Hyatt Regencyhottal in Canus City, Missouri, USA, out of which 114 people were killed and 216 others were injured.
1992Queen Elizabeth II officially opened a light rail system in Manchester Metrlyn, Greater Manchester, England.
1994The first piece of the comet Shumaker Levi-9 collided with Jupiter.
1995The Nasdaq Composite Index closed above the 1,000 mark for the first time.
1996The TWA Flight 800 exploded in the mid-hwa and fell into the Atlantic Ocean near Eastern Moriches, New York.
1998Russia buried Tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after their death.
2006Discovery spacecraft landed safely on Earth after completing its 13-day space journey at the Space Center of Cap Canaveral Florida).
2009Two suicidal attackers exploded themselves at two separate hotels in Indonesia at Jakarta.
2010South Korea develops a long -range cruise missile that is allegedly able to compete with North Korea, Japan, Russia and China.
2011Former Uruguay dictator Juan Maria Bordaberi dies during his arrest for the murders during dictatorship.
2011Casey Anthony approved the murder of his daughter Kelly and agreed to be released from Orange County, Florida Jail, attracting the unhappy crowd with the verdict.
2012The top executive Marisa Mayor leaves Google after being appointed Yahoo! Ink's new CEO.
2012Astronauts, Sunita Williams of the United States, Russia's Yuri Malenchenko and Japan's Aki Hoshede arrive at the International Space Station for a three -month long mission.
2013In an attempt to curb the rate of obesity, the United Arab Emirates provides one gram of gold to its citizens for every kilogram of weight.
2013U.S. But a heat wave resides; At least one deadly incident is reported.
2014Microsoft has announced that it will participate about 14% of its employees, which would match around 18,000 employees; Several recent deductions are expected to come from Nokia
2014Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 collides with missiles while flying over Eastern Ukraine, location of a heavy fight by pro -Russian separatists; The origin of the missile is not yet known; All 298 people aboard the aircraft were killed in the attack.
2014The crash of Malaysia Airlines plane-17 killed 283 passengers and 15 crew members.

Important Historical Events of 17 July in India ⚡

Event YearIncident/Event
1947The Indian passenger ship SS Ramdas was destroyed by a storm in Mumbai, killing 625 people.
1948Women in the country were declared eligible in any type of civil services including the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service.
1950India's first plane crashed in Pathankot.

Important Days of 17 July National & International Days 🏁

Day/ObservanceLevel
World International Justice DayInternational Day
Independence Day from CzechoslovakiaNational Day

Famous People's Birthdays on 17 July 😀

Birth YearName/Category/Country
1954Angela Merkel / Politician / Germany
1959Nagaraja Rao Havaldar / Singer / India
1962Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut / India
1917Bijon Bhattacharya / Actor / India
1927Anna Rajam George (Malhotra) / Civil Servant / India
1945Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon / Soldier / India
1959Nagraj Rao Havaldar / Singer / India
1959Zarina Wahab / Actress / India

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