What is November 17?
{{calendar}} {{Day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[474]] &ndash; [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]] becomes [[Emperor]] of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. * [[794]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kammu]] of [[Japan]] changes his residence from [[Nara]] to [[Kyoto]]. * [[1183]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mizushima]] in [[Japan]]. * [[1292]] &ndash; [[John Balliol]] becomes [[King]] of [[Scotland]]. * [[1511]] &ndash; [[Spain]] and [[England]] ally against [[France]]. * [[1558]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] becomes [[Queen of England]]. * [[1603]] &ndash; English politician and explorer [[Walter Raleigh]] is put on [[trial]]. * [[1659]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of the Pyrenees]] is signed by [[France]] and [[Spain]]. * [[1777]] &ndash; [[US]] Articles of [[Confederation]] are submitted to the [[state]]s for ratification. * [[1796]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Battle of the Bridge of Arcole]] – French forces defeat the [[Austria]]ns in [[Italy]]. * [[1800]] &ndash; The [[United States Capitol]] building in [[Washington, DC]] holds its first session of the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]]. * [[1810]] &ndash; [[Sweden]] declares war on the [[United Kingdom]], though no fighting takes place. * [[1811]] &ndash; [[José Miguel Carrera]] is sworn in as [[President]] of the [[Executive]] [[Junta]] of the [[government]] of [[Chile]]. * [[1820]] &ndash; Captain [[Nathaniel Palmer]] becomes the first American to see [[Antarctica]]. * [[1831]] &ndash; [[Ecuador]] and [[Venezuela]] are separated from Greater [[Colombia]]. * [[1839]] &ndash; [[Oberto]], [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s first [[opera]], opens at the [[Teatro alla Scala]] in [[Milan]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Siege of Knoxville]] begins. [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces under James Longstreet place [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] under [[siege]]. * [[1869]] &ndash; In [[Egypt]], the [[Suez Canal]], linking the [[Mediterranean Sea]] with the [[Red Sea]], is inaugurated in an elaborate [[ceremony]]. * [[1871]] &ndash; The [[Nation