Events That Happened on November 17

The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.

A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure as the governor of California began.

A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.

Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.

In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.

United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.

In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.

Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.

Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).

The flight crew of Japan Airlines Flight 1628 are involved in a UFO sighting incident while flying over Alaska.

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.

Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."

The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.

Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.

Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.

Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.

British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.

Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.

Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."

President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.

Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.

The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.

Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.

The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.

American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.

The Tartu Art Museum is established in Tartu, Estonia.

Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.

The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").

The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.

H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: During the Knoxville campaign, Confederate forces under General James Longstreet besiege the city of Knoxville, Tennessee and its Union defenders led by General Ambrose Burnside.

Modified Julian Day zero.

The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.

American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.

An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.

Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.

Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)

José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.

Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.

The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.

Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.

The city of Kuopio, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.

English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.

Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.

Henry VIII of England concludes the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon.

French King Charles VIII occupies Florence, Italy.

Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.

John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.

Genpei War: The Battle of Mizushima takes place off the Japanese coast, where Minamoto no Yoshinaka's invasion force is intercepted and defeated by the Taira clan.

Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November.

Linda Nosková, Czech tennis player

Joanne Züger, Swiss tennis player

Gabi Gonçalves, Brazilian politician

Dragan Bender, Croatian basketball player

Julian Ryerson, Norwegian footballer

Yugyeom, South Korean singer

Minkah Fitzpatrick, American football player

Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, Australian rugby league player

Elise Mertens, Belgian tennis player

Panashe Muzambe, Scottish rugby union player

Raquel Castro, American actress and singer

Rose Ayling-Ellis, British actress

Taylor Gold, American snowboarder

Damiris Dantas, Brazilian basketball player

Katarzyna Kawa, Polish tennis player

Danielle Kettlewell, Australian synchronised swimmer

Elías Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player

Ryan Griffin, American football player

Seth Lugo, American baseball player

Roman Zozulya, Ukrainian footballer

Justin Cooper, American actor

Justine Michelle Cain, English actress

Craig Noone, English footballer

Gemma Spofforth, English swimmer

Everth Cabrera, Nicaraguan baseball player

Fabio Concas, Italian footballer

Aaron Finch, Australian cricketer

Nani, Portuguese footballer

Greg Rutherford, English long jumper

Luis Aguiar, Uruguayan footballer

Sékou Camara, Malian footballer (died 2013)

Carolina Neurath, Swedish journalist

Amanda Evora, American figure skater

Park Han-byul, South Korean model and actress

Viva Bianca, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter

Ioannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player

Ryan Bradley, American figure skater

Ryan Braun, American baseball player

Trevor Crowe, American baseball player

Jodie Henry, Australian swimmer

Harry Lloyd, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

Nick Markakis, American baseball player

Scott Moore, American baseball player

Christopher Paolini, American author

Katie Feenstra-Mattera, American basketball player

Yusuf Pathan, Indian cricketer

Hollie Smith, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist

Sarah Harding, English singer, dancer, and actress (died 2021)

Doug Walker, American actor, comedian, film critic, internet personality, and filmmaker

Jay Bradley, American wrestler

Matthew Spring, English footballer

Glen Air, Australian rugby league player

Zoë Bell, New Zealand actress and stuntwoman

Tom Ellis, Welsh actor

Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress

Reggie Wayne, American football player

Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer

Brandon Call, American actor

Diane Neal, American actress and director

Kinga Baranowska, Polish mountaineer

Lee Carseldine, Australian cricketer

Jerome James, American basketball player

Eunice Barber, Sierra Leonean-French heptathlete and long jumper

Leslie Bibb, American actress and producer

Berto Romero, Spanish comedian and actor

Andreas Hedlund, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

Eli Marrero, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager

Bernd Schneider, German footballer

Alexei Urmanov, Russian figure skater and coach

Kimya Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Joanne Goode, English badminton player

Lorraine Pascale, English model and chef

Leonard Roberts, American actor

David Ramsey, American actor

Tonje Sagstuen, Norwegian handball player, journalist, newspaper editor, and gambling executive

Paul Allender, English guitarist and songwriter

Tania Zaetta, Australian actress

Ryōtarō Okiayu, Japanese voice actor and singer

Jean-Michel Saive, Belgian table tennis player

Rebecca Walker, American author

Sean Miller, American basketball player and coach

Tab Benoit, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ronnie DeVoe, American singer, producer, and actor

Ben Allison, American bassist and composer

Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997)

Kate Ceberano, Australian singer-songwriter and actress

Richard Fortus, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-American model and actress

Sophie Marceau, French actress, director, and screenwriter

Alvin Patrimonio, Filipino basketball player and manager

Darren Beadman, Australian jockey

Pam Bondi, American politician and attorney, 87th U.S. Attorney General

Amanda Brown, Australian violinist and composer

Susan Rice, American academic and politician, 24th United States National Security Advisor

Mitch Williams, American baseball player and sportscaster

Adrian Branch, American basketball player and sportscaster

Daniel Scott, American novelist and short story writer

Dylan Walsh, American actor

Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)

Robert Stethem, American soldier (died 1985)

Pat Toomey, American businessman and politician

Michael Hertwig, German footballer and manager

Jonathan Ross, English actor and talk show host

RuPaul, American drag queen performer, actor, and singer

Steve Stipanovich, American basketball player

Terry Fenwick, English footballer and manager

William R. Moses, American actor and producer

Jaanus Tamkivi, Estonian politician

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer

Jim Babjak, American guitarist and songwriter

Angelika Machinek, German glider pilot (died 2006)

Jim McGovern, Scottish politician

Peter Cox, English singer-songwriter

Yolanda King, American actress and activist (died 2007)

Dennis Maruk, Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey player

Chopper Read, Australian criminal and author (died 2013)

Babis Tennes, Greek footballer and manager

David Emanuel, Welsh fashion designer

Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player

Runa Laila, Bangladeshi singer

Cyril Ramaphosa, South African businessman and politician, fifth President of South Africa

Butch Davis, American football player and coach

Werner Hoyer, German economist and politician

Dean Paul Martin, American singer, actor, and pilot (died 1987)

Stephen Root, American actor

Jack Vettriano, Scottish painter and philanthropist (died 2025)

Roland Matthes, German swimmer (died 2019)

John Boehner, American businessman and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Vietnamese soldier and politician, eighth Prime Minister of Vietnam

Michael Wenden, Australian swimmer

Howard Dean, American physician and politician, 79th Governor of Vermont

East Bay Ray, American guitarist

Howard Fineman, American journalist and television commentator (died 2024)

Rod Clements, British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist

Martin Barre, English guitarist and songwriter

Terry Branstad, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Governor of Iowa

Petra Burka, Dutch-Canadian figure skater and coach

Lesley Abdela, English journalist and activist

Jeremy Hanley, English accountant and politician, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Elvin Hayes, American basketball player and sportscaster

Roland Joffé, English-French director, producer, and screenwriter

Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algerian politician, 8th President of Algeria

Jim Boeheim, American basketball player and coach

Malcolm Bruce, English-Scottish journalist, academic, and politician

Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1991)

Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer

Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect and academic, designed the Seattle Central Library

Lorne Michaels, Canadian-American screenwriter and producer, created Saturday Night Live

Tom Seaver, American baseball pitcher (died 2020)

Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (died 1966)

Lauren Hutton, American model and actress

Derek Clayton, English-Australian runner

Partha Dasgupta, Bangladeshi economist and academic

Bob Gaudio, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

Lesley Rees, English endocrinologist and academic

István Rosztóczy, Hungarian-Japanese microbiologist and physician (died 1993)

Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor

Luke Kelly, Irish singer, folk musician and actor (died 1984)

Auberon Waugh, English journalist and author (died 2001)

Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, Scottish general

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)

Peter Cook, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 1995)

Crispian Hollis, English Roman Catholic bishop

Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player

Toni Sailer, Austrian skier and actor (died 2009)

Masatoshi Sakai, Japanese record producer (died 2021)

Jim Inhofe, American soldier and politician, senior senator of Oklahoma (died 2024)

Anthony King, Canadian-English Psephologist and academic (died 2017)

Terry Rand, American basketball player (died 2014)

Dan Osinski, American baseball player (died 2013)

Orlando Peña, Cuban-American baseball player and scout

Jeremy Black, English admiral (died 2015)

Bob Mathias, American decathlete, actor, and politician (died 2006)

Gorō Naya, Japanese actor and director (died 2013)

Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (died 1999)

Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (died 2005)

Rance Howard, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)

Colin McDonald, Australian cricketer (died 2021)

Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer (died 2015)

Fenella Fielding, English actress (died 2018)

Nicholas Taylor, Canadian geologist, businessman, and politician (died 2020)

Jean Faut, American baseball player and bowler (died 2023)

Rock Hudson, American actor (died 1985)

Charles Mackerras, American-Australian oboe player and conductor (died 2010)

Hubertus Brandenburg, Swedish bishop (died 2009)

Mike Garcia, American baseball player (died 1986)

Aristides Pereira, Cape Verdean politician, first President of Cape Verde (died 2011)

Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 2001)

Stanley Cohen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)

Jack Froggatt, English footballer (died 1993)

Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter and illustrator (died 2019)

Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter (died 2005)

Gemini Ganesan, Indian actor and director (died 2002)

Kim Heungsou, Korean painter and educator (died 2014)

Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician (died 2005)

Shelby Foote, American historian and author (died 2005)

Christian Fouchet, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1974)

Israel Regardie, English occultist and author (died 1985)

Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (died 1991)

Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (died 2007)

Astrid of Sweden (died 1935)

Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (died 1967)

Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer (died 1987)

Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect (died 1988)

Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)

Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, first President of the European Commission (died 1982)

Lee Strasberg, Ukrainian-American actor and director (died 1982)

Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American engineer (died 1971)

Frank Fay, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1961)

Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher (died 1934)

Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet (died 1966)

Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director (died 1949)

Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (died 1976)

Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant (died 1967)

Grace Abbott, American social worker (died 1939)

Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player (died 1963)

Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman (died 1943)

Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (died 1918)

Voltairine de Cleyre, American author and activist (died 1912)

Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (died 1932)

Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1934)

Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (died 1915)

Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian journalist and poet (died 1895)

August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer and historian (died 1876)

Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic (died 1865)

August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1868)

Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1818)

Jacques MacDonald, French general (died 1840)

Louis XVIII, king of France (died 1824)

Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist (died 1815)

Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning (died 1841)

Maria Antonia Ferdinanda, Sardinian queen consort (died 1785)

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Canadian commander and explorer (died 1749)

Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian and author (died 1776)

Dorgon, Chinese prince and regent (died 1650)

Agnes of Jesus, French Catholic nun (died 1634)

Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet and playwright (died 1679)

Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and saint (died 1628)

Bronzino, Italian painter (died 1572)

John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer, English politician (died 1543)

Alfonso, Asturian prince (died 1468)

Zanobi Strozzi, Italian painter (died 1468)

Sima Guang, Chinese politician (died 1086)

Vespasian, Roman emperor (died 79)

Macoto Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (born 1934)

Young Dolph, American rapper (born 1985)

Tuka Rocha, Brazilian race car driver (born 1982)

John Leahy, English lawyer and diplomat, High Commissioner to Australia (born 1928)

Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, Iranian poet and songwriter (born 1926)

John T. Downey, American CIA agent and judge (born 1930)

Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (born 1928)

Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (born 1940)

Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1922)

Zeke Bella, American baseball player (born 1930)

Alfred Blake, English colonel and lawyer (born 1915)

Syd Field, American screenwriter and producer (born 1935)

Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)

Alex Marques, Portuguese footballer (born 1993)

Mary Nesbitt Wisham, American baseball player (born 1925)

Ponty Chadha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1957)

Armand Desmet, Belgian cyclist (born 1931)

Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (born 1918)

Freddy Schmidt, American baseball player (born 1916)

Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

Bal Thackeray, Indian cartoonist and politician (born 1926)

Margaret Yorke, English author (born 1924)

Kurt Budke, American basketball player and coach (born 1961)

George Stephen Morrison, American admiral (born 1919)

Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach (born 1915)

Aarne Hermlin, Estonian chess player (born 1940)

Ruth Brown, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1928)

Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1927)

Bo Schembechler, American football player and coach (born 1929)

Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor and director (born 1942)

Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler and manager (born 1970)

Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (born 1941)

Surjit Bindrakhia, Indian singer (born 1962)

Arthur Conley, American-Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1946)

Abba Eban, South African-Israeli soldier and politician, third Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1915)

Frank McCarthy, American painter and illustrator (born 1924)

Michael Karoli, German guitarist and songwriter (born 1948)

Harrison A. Williams, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1919)

Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)

Kea Bouman, Dutch tennis player (born 1903)

Esther Rolle, American actress (born 1920)

Alan Hull, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)

Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian lawyer and politician, fifth Deputy Premier of Quebec (born 1926)

Audre Lorde, American poet, essayist, memoirist, and activist (born 1934)

Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)

Costabile Farace, American criminal (born 1960)

Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, author, and journalist (born 1904)

Paul Derringer, American baseball player (born 1906)

Georges Besse, French businessman (born 1927)

Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1905)

John Glascock, English singer and bass player (born 1951)

Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (born 1880)

Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (born 1878)

Gladys Cooper, English actress (born 1888)

Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (born 1911)

Abdul Wahed Bokainagari, Bengali politician (born 1876)

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1887)

Mort Cooper, American baseball player (born 1913)

James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (born 1894)

Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (born 1899)

Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (born 1890)

Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (born 1882)

Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (born 1879)

Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (born 1864)

Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (born 1860)

Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (born 1861)

Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (born 1858)

Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (born 1860)

Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (born 1865)

Gregory VII of Constantinople (born 1850)

Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (born 1862)

Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1847)

Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (born 1840)

Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (born 1886)

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (born 1817)

Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (born 1847)

George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (born 1820)

James McCune Smith, American physician and author (born 1813)

Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (born 1758)

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born 1744)

John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (born 1738/1739)

David Zeisberger, Czech-American pastor and missionary (born 1721)

Catherine the Great, of Russia (born 1729)

Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter and illustrator (born 1720)

James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (born 1710)

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1693)

Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (born 1668)

Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Indonesian merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1653)

Ludolf Bakhuizen, German-Dutch painter (born 1631)

Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general and politician (born 1610)

Joseph Alleine, English pastor and author (born 1634)

John Earle, English bishop (born 1601)

Thomas Ford, English viol player, composer, and poet (born 1580)

Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, French general (born 1602)

Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (born 1594)

Jakob Böhme, German mystic (born 1575)

Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese commander (born 1542)

John III of Sweden (born 1537)

Antoine of Navarre (born 1518)

Mary I of England (born 1516)

Reginald Pole, English cardinal and academic (born 1500)

Hugh Aston, English composer (born 1485)

Eleanor of Viseu, queen of João II of Portugal (born 1458)

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher and author (born 1463)

Jami, Persian poet and saint (born 1414)

Gazi Evrenos, Ottoman general (born 1288)

Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (born 1285)

Hethum II, King of Armenia (born 1266)

Leo III, King of Armenia (born 1289)

Elizabeth of Hungary (born 1207)

Usama ibn Munqidh, Arab chronicler (born 1095)

Nikephoros Melissenos, Byzantine general (born 1045)

Chen Jinfeng, empress of Min (born 893)

Wang Yanjun, emperor of Min (Ten Kingdoms)

Liutgard of Saxony (born 845)

Emperor Jomei of Japan (born 593)

Gregory of Tours, Roman bishop and saint (born 538)

Valentinian I, Roman emperor (born 321)

Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece)

Christian feast days: Acisclus

Christian feast days: Aignan of Orleans

Christian feast days: Elizabeth of Hungary

Christian feast days: Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)

Christian feast days: Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian feast days: Gregory Thaumaturgus

Christian feast days: Hilda of Whitby

Christian feast days: Hugh of Lincoln

Christian feast days: November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Students' Day

Martyrs' Day (Odisha, India)

Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)

World Prematurity Day