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On this day: 17/01/-38
Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
On this day: 17/01/1362
Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.
On this day: 17/01/1377
Pope Gregory XI reaches Rome, after deciding to move the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
On this day: 17/01/1524
Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
On this day: 17/01/1562
France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain.
On this day: 17/01/1595
During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
On this day: 17/01/1608
Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men.
On this day: 17/01/1648
England's Long Parliament passes the "Vote of No Addresses", breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.
On this day: 17/01/1773
Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
On this day: 17/01/1781
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
On this day: 17/01/1362
Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.
On this day: 17/01/1377
Pope Gregory XI reaches Rome, after deciding to move the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
On this day: 17/01/1524
Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
On this day: 17/01/1562
France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain.
On this day: 17/01/1595
During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
On this day: 17/01/1608
Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men.
On this day: 17/01/1648
England's Long Parliament passes the "Vote of No Addresses", breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.
On this day: 17/01/1773
Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
On this day: 17/01/1781
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.