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November 17

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Yellow vests movement

7 years ago

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AD 9

Vespasian

Died aged 69

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Famous births29

AD 9 · 2016 yrs

Vespasian

Vespasian (Latin: Vespasianus; 17 November 9 AD – 23 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79. The last emperor to reign in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the empire for 27 years.

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RoyaltyDied aged 69

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AD 331 · 1694 yrs

Julian

Julian (Latin: Flavius Claudius Julianus; Ancient Greek: Ἰουλιανός Ioulianos; 331 – 26 June 363) was Caesar of Western Rome from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek.

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RoyaltyDied aged 31

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1293 · 732 yrs

Philip VI of France

Philip VI (French: Philippe; 1293 – 22 August 1350), called the Fortunate (French: le Fortuné), the Catholic (le Catholique) and of Valois (de Valois), was the first king of France from the House of Valois, reigning from 1328 until his death in 1350.

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RoyaltyDied aged 56

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1503 · 522 yrs

Bronzino

Agnolo di Cosimo (Italian:; 17 November 1503 – 23 November 1572), usually known as Bronzino (Italian: Il Bronzino) or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, Bronzino, may refer to his relatively dark skin or reddish hair.

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ArtDied aged 69

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1749 · 276 yrs

Nicolas Appert

Nicolas Appert (17 November 1749 – 1 June 1841) was a French confectioner and inventor who, in the early 19th century, invented airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of food science", described his invention as a way "of conserving all kinds of food substances in containers".

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TechnologyDied aged 91

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1755 · 270 yrs

Louis XVIII of France

Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (French: le Désiré), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815.

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RoyaltyDied aged 68

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1790 · 235 yrs

August Ferdinand Möbius

August Ferdinand Möbius (UK:, US:; German:; 17 November 1790 – 26 September 1868) was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.

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ScienceDied aged 77

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1887 · 138 yrs

Bernard Montgomery

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence, and the Second World War.

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1896 · 129 yrs

Lev Vygotsky

Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky (Russian: Лев Семёнович Выготский, IPA:; Belarusian: Леў Сямёнавіч Выгоцкі; 17 November 1896 – June 11, 1934) was a Russian and Soviet psychologist, best known for his work on psychological development in children and creating the framework known as cultural-historical activity theory.

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1902 · 123 yrs

Eugene Paul Wigner

Eugene Paul Wigner (Hungarian: Wigner Jenő Pál, pronounced; November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who also contributed to mathematical physics.

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ScienceWould be 123

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1905 · 120 yrs

Astrid of Sweden

Astrid of Sweden (Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra; 17 November 1905 – 29 August 1935) was Queen of the Belgians as the first wife of King Leopold III. Born a member of the Swedish House of Bernadotte, she married Leopold, then-Duke of Brabant, in 1926. They had three children.

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RoyaltyWould be 120

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1906 · 119 yrs

Sōichirō Honda

Soichiro Honda (本田宗一郎, Honda Sōichirō; 17 November 1906 – 5 August 1991) was a Japanese engineer and industrialist. In 1948, he established Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

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TechnologyWould be 119

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Famous deaths20

AD 375 · 1650 yrs

Valentinian I

Valentinian I (Latin: Valentinianus; 321 – 17 November 375), sometimes known as Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375.

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RoyaltyDied aged 54

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1231 · 794 yrs

Elizabeth of Hungary

Elizabeth of Hungary (German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, Hungarian: Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, Slovak: Svätá Alžbeta Uhorská; 7 July 1207 – 17 November 1231), also known as Elisabeth of Thuringia, was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary and the landgravine of Thuringia.

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ReligionDied aged 24

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1494 · 531 yrs

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher.

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PhilosophyDied aged 31

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1558 · 467 yrs

Mary I

Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She made vigorous attempts to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, King Henry VIII.

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RoyaltyDied aged 42

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1592 · 433 yrs

John III of Sweden

John III (Swedish: Johan III; 20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death. He ascended the Swedish throne after successfully rebelling against his older half-brother Erik XIV.

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RoyaltyDied aged 54

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1624 · 401 yrs

Jakob Böhme

Jakob Böhme (German:; 24 April 1575 – 17 November 1624) was a German philosopher, Christian mystic, and Lutheran Protestant theologian. He was considered an original thinker by many of his contemporaries within the Lutheran tradition, and his first book, commonly known as Aurora, caused a great scandal.

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ReligionDied aged 49

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1768 · 257 yrs

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was an English Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, and whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century.

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PoliticsDied aged 75

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1808 · 217 yrs

Mustafa IV

Mustafa IV (Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى رابع, romanized: Muṣṭafâ-yi râbiʿ; 8 September 1779 – 16 November 1808) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808.

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Notable PeopleDied aged 29

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1818 · 207 yrs

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until her death in 1818.

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RoyaltyDied aged 74

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1858 · 167 yrs

Robert Owen

Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, political philosopher and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement.

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PoliticsDied aged 87

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1861 · 164 yrs

Nikolay Dobrolyubov

Nikolay Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov (Russian: Николай Александрович Добролюбов, IPA:; 5 February 1836 – 29 November 1861) was a Russian poet, literary critic, journalist, and prominent figure of the Russian revolutionary movement. He was a literary hero to both Karl Marx and Lenin.

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PhilosophyDied aged 25

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1917 · 108 yrs

Auguste Rodin

François Auguste René Rodin (French:; 12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work.

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ArtDied aged 77

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Events5

1941 · 84 yrs

Battle of Rostov

The Battle of Rostov (1941) took place on the Eastern Front of World War II around Rostov-on-Don and was fought between Army Group South of Nazi Germany and the Southern Front of the Soviet Union.

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War

1942 · 83 yrs

Tunisia campaign

The Tunisian campaign (also known as the Battle of Tunisia) was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African campaign of the Second World War, between Axis and Allied forces from 17 November 1942 to 13 May 1943.

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War

1989 · 36 yrs

Velvet Revolution

The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: nežná revolúcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989.

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Politics

2013 · 12 yrs

Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363

Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight, operated by Tatarstan Airlines on behalf of Ak Bars Aero, from Moscow to Kazan, Russia.

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Disaster

2018 · 7 yrs

Yellow vests movement

The yellow vests protests or yellow-jacket protests (French: Mouvement des gilets jaunes, pronounced) were a series of populist, grassroots weekly protests in France that began on 17 November 2018 and ended on 28 June 2020.

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