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.
- 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