WHAT HAPPENED ON 17. MAY
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Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. (17. May 1521)

George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason. (17. May 1536)

The annulment of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s marriage. (17. May 1536)

Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland. (17. May 1590)

Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal. (17. May 1642)

Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River. (17. May 1673)

American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Quebec. (17. May 1775)

The New York Stock Exchange is formed. (17. May 1792)

Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt. (17. May 1805)

Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire. (17. May 1808)

Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian. (17. May 1814)

The Constitution of Norway is signed and Crown Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly. (17. May 1814)

A large fire nearly burns St. Louis, Missouri to the ground. (17. May 1849)

Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language. (17. May 1863)

The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris. (17. May 1865)

Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War. (17. May 1869)

Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby. (17. May 1875)

Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking. (17. May 1900)

Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer. (17. May 1902)

The Protocol of Corfu is signed recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty. (17. May 1914)