May 17

The 17 May is the 137th day of the Gregorian calendar ( 138th in leap years), thus remain still 228 days of the year.

  • 2.1 Before the 19th century
  • 2.2 19th century
  • 2.3 20th century 2.3.1 1901-1950
  • 2.3.2 1951-2000
  • 3.1 Before the 19th century
  • 3.2 19th century
  • 3.3 20th century
  • 3.4 21st century

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • 2009: In the presidential elections in Lithuania, the former European Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite is elected on the first ballot with 68 % of the vote as the first female president of Lithuania.

Economy

Science and Technology

Culture

Religion

  • 0352: Liberius is the successor of the deceased on 12 April Julius I. Bishop of Rome.
  • 0884: Hadrian III. is enthroned as the successor of the two days before the late Marinus I. Pope.

Disasters

Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.

Nature and Environment

Sports

Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.

Born

Before the 19th century

19th century

20th century

1901-1950

1951-2000

Died

Before the 19th century

  • 0290: Jin Wudi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty
  • 0946: Abu l -Qasim Muhammad ibn al -Mahdi, Caliph of the Fatimids
  • 1264: Wartislaw III, Duke of Pomerania - Demmin.
  • 1314: Adelheid of Ochsenstein, Margravine of Baden
  • 1336: Go- Fushimi, emperor of Japan 93
  • 1510: Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter and draftsman of the early Renaissance
  • 1536: George Boleyn, Anne Boleyn English diplomat and brother
  • 1575: Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • 1587: Gotthard Kettler, the last Master of the Teutonic Order in Livonia
  • 1606: Dimitri II, also false Dimitri, Russian Tsar
  • 1643: Giovanni Picchi, Italian lutenist, composer and organist
  • 1648: Peter Melander of Holzappel, significant Hessian commander in the Thirty Years' War
  • 1660: Abraham de Fabert, French military leader and military engineer, Marshal of France
  • 1662: William IV of Saxe- Weimar, Duke of Saxony
  • 1691: Jacob Leisler, a German-born North American colonialist
  • 1694: Johann Michael Bach, German composer
  • 1700: Adam Adam Andy Kochański, Polish mathematician
  • 1707: Benjamin Raule, Dutch shipowners and kurbrandenburgischer General Marine Director
  • 1715: Andrew of Gundelsheimer, German physician, botanist and explorer in the service of the French King Louis XIV 's personal physician and Prussian kings
  • 1727: Catherine I, Empress of Russia
  • 1765: Alexis -Claude Clairaut, French mathematician and physicist

19th century

20th century

21st Century

  • 2002: László Kubala, Hungarian football player
  • 2002: Asik Mahzuni Serif, Turkish poet and musician
  • 2003: Luigi Pintor, Italian journalist, writer and politician
  • 2003: Moses Rosenkranz, Romanian writer
  • 2004: Edgardo Martín, Cuban composer
  • 2004: Tony Randall, American actor
  • 2004: Izz ad-Din Salim, an Iraqi politician, President of the Provisional Governing Council
  • 2004: Matthias wisdom, German politicians
  • 2005: Keiiti Aki, Japanese geophysicist and seismologist
  • 2005: Piero Dorazio, Italian painter
  • 2006: Eva Maria Bauer, German actress
  • 2007: Lloyd Alexander, American writer
  • 2007: Dietmar Pflegerl, Austrian director
  • 2009: Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer
  • 2009: Rolf H. Dittmeyer, German entrepreneurs
  • 2009: Werner Sell Horn, German musicologist
  • 2010: Bobbejaan, Belgian singer
  • 2010: Ludwig von Friedeburg, German sociologist and politician
  • 2010: Fritz Sennheiser, German entrepreneurs
  • 2012: Donna Summer, American singer
  • 2013: Dominic Kodwo Andoh, Archbishop of Ghanaian
  • 2013: Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian military and politicians
  • 2013: Alan O'Day, American singer and songwriter

Holidays and observances

  • Religious observances Valerius Herberger, German pastor and hymn writer ( Protestant)
  • Restituta of Africa, North African martyr, possibly one of the martyrs of the sacred books ( Roman Catholic, Orthodox)
  • Name Days Dietmar, Pascal, Walter
  • State Holidays and observances Nauru: Constitution Day
  • Norway: National Day (since 1836)
  • More information for the day International Day Against Homophobia (since 2005)

More entries contains the list of commemorative and Action days.

  • Day
  • Day in May
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