WHAT HAPPENED ON 17. JUNE
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Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia. (17. June 1462)

Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof. (17. June 1497)

Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru. (17. June 1565)

Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England. (17. June 1579)

The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen. (17. June 1596)

Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. (17. June 1631)

French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course. (17. June 1673)

Cúcuta, Colombia, is discovered by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar. (17. June 1773)

American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill. (17. June 1775)

In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly. (17. June 1789)

In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result. (17. June 1839)

The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place. (17. June 1843)

Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War. (17. June 1861)

Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. (17. June 1863)

American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud – 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. (17. June 1876)

American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. (17. June 1877)

The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. (17. June 1885)

The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established. (17. June 1898)

Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China. (17. June 1900)

The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT. (17. June 1901)