This Day in History
Today: December 17, 2025
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The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome.[1]
546
Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison.[2]
920
Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII.[3]
942
Assassination of William I of Normandy.[4]
1297
King Kyawswa of Pagan is overthrown by the three Myinsaing brothers, marking the de facto end of the Pagan Kingdom.[5]
1398
Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.[6]
1538
Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.[7]
1583
Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
1586
Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan.
1718
War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.
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