Day In History
This Day in History
Today: June 17, 2026
653
Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.[1]
1242
Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris.[2]
1397
The Kalmar Union is formed under the rule of Margaret I of Denmark.
1462
Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack at Târgovişte), forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
1497
Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
1565
Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
1579
Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
1596
The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.
1631
Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
1665
Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War.[3]
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