WHAT HAPPENED ON 17. NOVEMBER
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Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of 10 months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. (17. November 474)

Japanese Emperor Kammu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto. (17. November 794)

The Battle of Mizushima. (17. November 1183)

John Balliol becomes King of Scotland. (17. November 1292)

Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu. (17. November 1405)

Spain and England ally against France. (17. November 1511)

Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England. (17. November 1558)

English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason. (17. November 1603)

The Treaty of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain. (17. November 1659)

Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification. (17. November 1777)

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole – French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy. (17. November 1796)

The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.. (17. November 1800)

Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place. (17. November 1810)

José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile. (17. November 1811)

Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.) (17. November 1820)

Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia. (17. November 1831)

Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. (17. November 1839)

David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe. (17. November 1855)

American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase. (17. November 1856)

Modified Julian Day zero. (17. November 1858)