17 July - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on July 17, the day number in a year is 198 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 199. 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.
July 17 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1429 | Dauphin was crowned as King of France. |
| 1453 | The Battle of Castillon, the last conflict of the HundredYears' War, ended with the English losing all landholdings in France,except Calais. |
| 1712 | England, Portugal and France indicated a ceasefire. |
| 1727 | Simon van Slingland was appointed Dutch pension consultant. |
| 1740 | Prospero Lambertini was elected the fourteenth pope. |
| 1762 | Catherine II became the Empress of Russia after the assassination of Peter II. |
| 1771 | Dene men, acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his explorationof the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred agroup of about 20 Copper Inuit. |
| 1775 | First military hospital approval received. |
| 1791 | French Revolution-Members of the National Guard fired into alarge crowd that was gathered at the Champ de Mars, Paris to sign apetition demanding the removal of King Louis XVI. |
| 1850 | The Harvard Observatory took the first photograph of the star. |
| 1861 | The US Congress authorized the money inscribed on paper. |
| 1862 | The US military gave permission for blacks to be accepted as workers. |
| 1863 | The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces in New Zealandled by General Duncan Cameron began their Invasion of the Waikato. |
| 1867 | In Boston, Massachusetts, the Harvard School of Dental Medicinewas established as the first dental school in the United States. |
| 1906 | Clement Armand Falières was elected President of France. |
| 1912 | The International Amateur Athletics Federation IAF) was established in Sweden. |
| 1916 | The birthplace of Abraham Lincoln was established as the National Historical Park in the city of Kentucky in Loughroy County. |
| 1918 | The RMS Carpathia, which had rescued the survivors of theRMS Titanic sinking, was itself sunk by a German U-boat. |
| 1918 | Russian Revolution-Bolsheviks executed Tsar Nicholas II andhis family at Yekaterinburg. |
| 1918 | RMS Carpathia, which had rescued the survivors of the RMS Titanic sinking, was it self sunk by a German U-boat. |
| 1919 | The constitution was adopted in Finland. |
| 1929 | The Soviet Union ended diplomatic relations with China. |
| 1936 | Nationalist rebels attempted a coup d'état against the Second Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War. |
| 1944 | Two ships laden with ammunition for World War II exploded atthe Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, killing 320 sailors and civilians, and injuring more than 400 others. |
| 1944 | In the United States, 322 people died in an explosion in two ammunition-laden ships near California. |
| 1945 | Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry S. Truman, leadersof the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United Statesrespectively, met in Potsdam to decide what should be done with post-World War II Germany. |
| 1947 | The Indian passenger ship SS Ramdas was destroyed by a storm in Mumbai, killing 625 people. |
| 1948 | Women in the country were declared eligible in any type of civil services including the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service. |
| 1950 | India's first plane crashed in Pathankot. |
| 1950 | Communism Act implemented in South Africa. |
| 1968 | Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab SocialistBa'ath Party overthrew Iraqi President Abdul Rahman Arif. |
| 1973 | Mohammed Zahir Shah, the last King of Afghanistan, was oustedin a coup by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoingeye surgery. |
| 1974 | 41 people were injured in the bombings in the London Tower. |
| 1981 | A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, US, to collapse, killing 114 people and injuring 216 others. |
| 1992 | Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Manchester Metrolink,a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. |
| 1994 | The first piece of the comet Shumaker Levi-9 collided with Jupiter. |
| 1995 | The Nasdaq Composite Index closed above the 1,000 mark for the first time. |
| 1996 | TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air andcrashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York. |
| 1998 | Russia buries tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died. |
| 2006 | Discovery spacecraft landed safely on Earth after completing its 13-day space journey at the Space Center of Cap Canaveral Florida). |
| 2009 | Two suicide bombers detonated themselves at two separate hotelsin Jakarta, Indonesia. |
| 2010 | South Korea develops a long-range cruise missile reportedly capable of striking North Korea, Japan, Russia and China. |
| 2011 | Juan Maria Bordaberry, former Uruguayan dictator, dies while under house arrest for murders committed during his dictatorship. |
| 2011 | Casey Anthony, cleared of murdering her daughter Caylee and set to be released from the Orange County, Florida jail, attracts major crowds unhappy with the judgement. |
| 2012 | Top executive Marissa Mayer, leaves Google after being appointed Yahoo! Inc.'s new CEO. |
| 2012 | Astronauts, Sunita Williams of the United States, Yuri Malenchenko of Russia and Aki Hoshide of Japan, arrive at the International Space Station for a three-month long mission. |
| 2013 | In an effort to curb obesity rates, the United Arab Emirates offers its citizens one gram of gold for every kilogram of weight they lose. |
| 2013 | A heat wave settles over the U.S.; at least one fatality is reported. |
| 2014 | Microsoft announces that it will lay off 14% of its workforce, equalling approximately 18,000 employees; many of the cuts are expected to come from recently-acquired Nokia |
| 2014 | Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 is hit by a missile while flying over eastern Ukraine, the location of heavy fighting by pro-Russian separatists; the origin of the missile is not yet known; all 298 people aboard the plane were killed in the attack. |
| 2014 | The crash of Malaysia Airlines plane-17 killed 283 passengers and 15 crew members. |
Famous Birthdays of July 17:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1901 | Patrick Smith / Politician / Ireland |
| 1958 | Thérèse Rein / Business Woman / Australia |
| 1960 | Mark Burnett / Writer / United States of America |
| 1986 | Lacey Von Erich / Wrestler / United States of America |
| 1920 | Gordon Gould / Academic / United States of America |
| 1935 | Peter Schickele / Educator / United States of America |
| 1965 | Alex Winter / Actor / United States of America |
| 1911 | Heinz Lehmann / Academic / Germany |
| 1987 | Jan Charouz / Racing Car Driver / Czech Republic |
| 1941 | Daryle Lamonica / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1674 | Isaac Watts / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1954 | Angela Merkel / Politician / Germany |
| 1531 | Antoine de Créqui Canaples / Cardinal / Roman Republic |
| 1882 | James Somerville / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1929 | Sergei K. Godunov / Academic / Russia |
| 1944 | Carlos Alberto Torres / Footballer / Brazil |
| 1921 | George Barnes / Guitarist / United States of America |
| 1954 | Edward Natapei / Politician / Vanuatu |
| 1698 | Pierre Louis Maupertuis / Philosopher / France |
| 1911 | Lionel Ferbos / Trumpet Player / United States of America |
| 1983 | Jessi Cruickshank / Television Host / Canada |
| 1870 | Charles Davidson Dunbar / Soldier / Scotland |
| 1977 | Leif Hoste / Cyclist / Belgium |
| 1976 | Gino D'Acampo / Author / Italy |
| 1879 | Jack Laviolette / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1941 | Achim Warmbold / Racing Car Driver / Germany |
| 1975 | Andre Adams / Cricketer / New Zealand |
| 1925 | Jimmy Scott / Actor / United States of America |
| 1956 | Julie Bishop / Politician / Australia |
| 1977 | Marc Savard / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
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Read in Hindi : 17 जुलाई की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं