What is June 17?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[1462]] &ndash; [[Vlad III the Impaler]] attempts to kill [[Ottoman Sultan]] [[Mehmed II]] forcing him to retreat to [[Wallachia]]. *[[1497]] &ndash; [[Battle of Deptford Bridge, 1497|Battle of Deptford Bridge]] – Forces under King [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] soundly defeat troops led by [[Michael An Gof]]. *[[1565]] &ndash; [[Matsunaga Hisahide]] assassinates the 13th Ashikaga Shogun, [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru]]. *[[1579]] &ndash; Sir [[Francis Drake]] claims a land he calls ''Nova Albion'' (modern [[California]]) for [[England]]. *[[1596]] &ndash; [[Willem Barents]] reaches [[Svalbard]] during his attempt to find the Northeast Passage. *[[1631]] &ndash; [[Mumtaz Mahal]] died during [[childbirth]]. Her husband, [[Mughal emperor]] [[Shah Jahan I]], then spent more than 20 years having her [[tomb]], the [[Taj Mahal]], built. *[[1673]] &ndash; French explorers [[Jacques Marquette]] and [[Louis Joliet]] reach the [[Mississippi River]]. *[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] – The [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] forces take Bunker Hill outside of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. *[[1789]] &ndash; In [[France]], the [[Third Estate]] declares itself as a national assembly. *[[1839]] &ndash; In the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]], [[Kamehameha III]] issues the [[Edict of Toleration]] which gives [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] the freedom to worship in the [[Hawaiian Islands]]. The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu|Hawaii Catholic Church]] and the [[Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace]] is later established as a result. *[[1843]] &ndash; The [[Wairau Affray]], the first serious clash of arms between [[Māori people|Maori]] and British settlers in the [[New Zealand Land Wars]], takes place. *[[1863]] &ndash; [[Battle of Aldie]] in the [[Gettysburg Campaign]] of the [[American Civil War]] *[[1876]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Battle of the Rosebud]] – 1,500 [[Sioux]] and [[Cheyenne people|Cheyenne]] led by [[Crazy Ho