Editing November 17 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[887]] &ndash; Emperor [[Charles the Fat]] is deposed by the Frankish [[magnate]]s in an assembly at [[Frankfurt]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Pollard|first=Justin|title=Alfred the Great: The Man Who Made England|location=London|publisher=John Murray|date=2006|isbn=9780719566660|page=271}}</ref> leading his nephew, [[Arnulf of Carinthia]], to declare himself king of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]] in late November.<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldberg|first=Eric Joseph|title=Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict Under Louis the German, 817-876|location=Ithaca, N.Y.|publisher=Cornell University Press|date=2009|isbn=9780801475290|page=340|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyiTg0wgl58C}}</ref>
*[[1183]] &ndash; Genpei War: The [[Battle of Mizushima]] takes place off the Japanese coast, where [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]]'s invasion force is intercepted and defeated by the [[Taira clan]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Tony Jaques|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&pg=PA669|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33538-9|pages=669}}</ref>
*[[1292]] &ndash; [[John Balliol]] becomes King of Scotland.<ref>{{cite book|author=Sarah Crome|title=Scotland's First War of Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXX9m4JiKskC&pg=PA34|year=1999|publisher=Sarah Crome|isbn=978-0-9536316-0-5|pages=34}}</ref>
*[[1405]] &ndash; [[Sharif ul-Hāshim of Sulu|Sharif ul-Hāshim]] establishes the [[Sultanate of Sulu]].
*[[1494]] &ndash; French King [[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]] [[Italian War of 1494–98|occupies Florence]], Italy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Creighton|first=Mandell|title=A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation. Volume III: The Italian Princes, 1464-1518|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton, Mifflin|date=1887|oclc=655425|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hfdJAAAAMAAJ|page=190|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Weatherford|first=Jack|title=The History of Money: From Sandstone to Cyberspace|location=New York|publisher=Three Rivers Press|date=1997|isbn=9780307556745|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v8oxCs1eWgsC|page=84|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Bard|title=Humanists and Reformers: A History of the Renaissance and Reformation|location=Grand Rapids, Mich.|publisher=W.B. Eerdmans|date=1996|isbn=9780802836915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hrq9d567398C|page=226}}</ref>
*[[1511]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]] concludes the [[War of the League of Cambrai#Holy League|Treaty of Westminster]], a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]].
*[[1558]] &ndash; [[Elizabethan era]] begins: Queen [[Mary I of England]] dies and is succeeded by her half-sister [[Elizabeth I of England]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; English explorer, writer and [[courtier]] Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] goes on trial for [[treason]].
*[[1775]] &ndash; The city of [[Kuopio|Kuopio, Finland]] (belonging to [[Sweden]] at this time) is founded by King [[Gustav III of Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.kuopio.fi/web/information-about-kuopio/history-and-basic-data |title= History and basic data |website= Kuopio in Brief |access-date= 1 October 2023 |publisher= City of Kuopio |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161104050751/https://www.kuopio.fi/web/information-about-kuopio/history-and-basic-data |archive-date= 4 November 2016 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Articles of Confederation]] (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Battle of the Bridge of Arcole]]: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
*[[1800]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] holds its first [[6th United States Congress|session]] in Washington, D.C.
*[[1810]] &ndash; Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the [[Anglo-Swedish War (1810–12)|Anglo-Swedish War]], although no fighting ever takes place.
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[José Miguel Carrera]], Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of [[Chile]].
*[[1820]] &ndash; Captain [[Nathaniel Palmer]] becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The [[Antarctic Peninsula|Palmer Peninsula]] is later named after him.)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Ecuador]] and [[Venezuela]] are separated from [[Gran Colombia]].
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[1837 Valdivia earthquake|An earthquake in Valdivia]], south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.<ref name=Cisternasetal2018>{{cite journal |last1=Cisternas |first1=M. |last2=Carvajal |first2=M. |last3=Wesson |first3=R. |last4=Ely |first4=L.L.|last5=Gorigoitia |first5=N. |date=2018 |title=Exploring the Historical Earthquakes Preceding the Giant 1960 Chile Earthquake in a Time-Dependent Seismogenic Zone|journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |volume= 107|issue= 6|pages= 2664–2675|doi=10.1785/0120170103|url=https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1125&context=cotsfac |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[American frontier|American Old West]]: On the [[Sonoita Creek|Sonoita River]] in present-day southern [[Arizona]], the United States Army establishes [[Fort Buchanan, Arizona|Fort Buchanan]] in order to help control new land acquired in the [[Gadsden Purchase]].
*[[1858]] &ndash; Modified [[Julian day|Julian Day]] zero.
*  1858   &ndash; The city of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]] is founded.
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Siege of Knoxville]] begins: During the [[Knoxville campaign]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces under General [[James Longstreet]] besiege the city of [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] and its [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] defenders led by General [[Ambrose Burnside]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Knoxville|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/battle-of-knoxville/|author=Groce, W. Todd|website=TennesseeEncyclopedia.net|publisher=Tennessee Historical Society|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=November 17, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; In [[Egypt]], the [[Suez Canal]], linking the [[Mediterranean Sea]] with the [[Red Sea]], is inaugurated.
*[[1878]] &ndash; First assassination attempt against [[Umberto I of Italy]] by anarchist [[Giovanni Passannante]], who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. [[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]] [[Benedetto Cairoli]] blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Serbo-Bulgarian War]]: The decisive [[Battle of Slivnitsa]] begins.
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[H. H. Holmes]], one of the first modern [[serial killer]]s, is arrested in [[Boston]], Massachusetts.
*[[1896]] &ndash; The [[Western Pennsylvania Hockey League]], which later became the first [[ice hockey]] league to openly trade and hire players, [[1896–97 WPHL season|began play]] at [[Pittsburgh]]'s [[Schenley Park Casino]].

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; The [[Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]] splits into two groups: The [[Bolsheviks]] (Russian for "majority") and [[Mensheviks]] (Russian for "minority").
*[[1939]] &ndash; Nine [[Czechs|Czech]] students are executed as a response to anti-[[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia|Nazi]] demonstrations prompted by the death of [[Jan Opletal]]. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to [[concentration camp]]s. Since this event, [[International Students' Day]] is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
*[[1940]] &ndash; The [[Tartu Art Museum]] is established in [[Tartu]], [[Estonia]].<ref>[https://agenda.ge/en/news/2016/689 Estonia's famous "leaning house" displays Georgian artists' work] – Agenda.ge</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Screen Actors Guild]] implements an anti-[[Communism|Communist]] loyalty oath.
*  1947   &ndash; American scientists [[John Bardeen]] and [[Walter Houser Brattain]] observe the basic principles of the [[transistor]], a key element for the [[electronics]] revolution of the [[20th century]].
*[[1950]] &ndash; Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the [[14th Dalai Lama]].
*  1950   &ndash; [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 89]] relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
*[[1953]] &ndash; The remaining human inhabitants of the [[Blasket Islands]], [[County Kerry]], Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Vickers Viscount]] G-AOHP of [[British European Airways]] crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to [[Copenhagen Airport]]. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] dedicates [[Washington Dulles International Airport]], serving the Washington, D.C., region.
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
*[[1968]] &ndash; British European Airways introduces the [[BAC One-Eleven]] into commercial service.
*  1968   &ndash; Viewers of the [[Heidi Game|Raiders–Jets football game]] in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when [[NBC]] broadcasts ''[[Heidi (1968 film)|Heidi]]'' instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in [[Helsinki]], Finland to begin [[Strategic Arms Limitation Talks#SALT I Treaty|SALT I]] negotiations aimed at limiting the number of [[Weapon of mass destruction|strategic weapon]]s on both sides.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Lieutenant [[William Calley]] goes on trial for the [[My Lai Massacre]].
*  1970   &ndash; [[Luna programme]]: The Soviet Union lands ''[[Lunokhod 1]]'' on [[Mare Imbrium]] (Sea of Rains) on the [[Moon]]. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting ''[[Luna 17]]'' spacecraft.
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Watergate scandal]]: In [[Orlando, Florida]], U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] tells 400 [[Associated Press]] managing editors "I am not a crook."
*  1973   &ndash; The [[Athens Polytechnic uprising]] against the [[Greek military junta of 1967–74|military regime]] ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
*[[1983]] &ndash; The [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]] is founded in Mexico.
*[[1986]] &ndash; The flight crew of [[Japan Airlines Flight 1628 incident|Japan Airlines Flight 1628]] are involved in a [[UFO sighting]] incident while flying over Alaska.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Weiss|first=Lawrence D.|title=Unfriendly skies: The extraordinary flight of JAL 1628, Alaska's best known UFO encounter|url=https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/unfriendly-skies-the-extraordinary-flight-of-jal-1628-alaska-s-best-known-ufo-encounter/article_8e2d3270-f9d5-11e9-b9db-7ba9229138ae.html|access-date=2021-09-28|website=The Anchorage Press|date=28 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; Cold War: [[Velvet Revolution]] begins: In [[Czechoslovakia]], a student demonstration in [[Prague]] is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
*[[1990]] &ndash; Fugendake, part of the [[Mount Unzen]] volcanic complex, [[Nagasaki Prefecture]], Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[United States House of Representatives]] passes a resolution to establish the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]].
*  1993   &ndash; In Nigeria, General [[Sani Abacha]] ousts the government of [[Ernest Shonekan]] in a military coup.
*[[1997]] &ndash; In [[Luxor]], Egypt, 62 people are killed by six [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic militants]] outside the [[Deir el-Bahari|Temple of Hatshepsut]], known as [[Luxor massacre]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; A catastrophic [[landslide]] in [[Log pod Mangartom]], [[Slovenia]], kills seven, and causes millions of [[Slovenian tolar|SIT]] of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
*  2000   &ndash; [[Alberto Fujimori]] is removed from office as president of [[Peru]].
*[[2003]] &ndash; Actor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s tenure as the [[governor of California]] began.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/17/this-day-in-politics-nov-17-2003-244898 Schwarzenegger sworn in as California's governor, Nov. 17, 2003] – ''[[Politico]]''</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in [[Manfalut railway accident|an accident]] at a railway crossing near [[Manfalut]], [[Egypt]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; Fifty people are killed when [[Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363]] crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
*  2013   &ndash; A rare late-season [[Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013|tornado outbreak]] strikes the [[Midwest]]. [[Illinois]] and [[Indiana]] are most affected with [[tornado]] reports as far north as lower [[Michigan]]. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
*[[2019]] &ndash; The first known case of [[COVID-19]] is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in [[Wuhan, Hubei Province]], China.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ma |first1=Josephine |title=Coronavirus: China's first confirmed Covid-19 case traced back to November 17 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back |access-date=15 March 2020 |work=South China Morning Post |date=13 March 2020}}</ref>