July 17 in History
17 July in History – 125 years ago
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on 17 July 1968
All Events on 17 July
2014
Flight MH-17 shot down over Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
ends
1979
Sandinistas overthrow Somoza in Nicaragua
1968
Ba’athists seize power in Iraq
starts
1958
UK intervenes in Jordan in support of king
starts
1945
Allies determine administration of postwar Germany
1936
Spanish Civil War starts
starts
1936
Spanish Civil War
starts
1936
Nationalists seize power in Spanish Morocco
1920
Fengtian clique attacks Anhui clique
1918
Russian Imperial family executed in Yekaterinburg
ends
1909
Persian Constitutional Revolution
ends
1899
Rogue French column invades Hausa kingdoms
1899
Rabih destroys French force at Togbao
ends
1882
Apache raid central Arizona
starts
1860
Garibaldi defeats Two Sicilies at Milazzo
starts
1522
Spanish assert authority over Purépecha Empire
411
Jovinus proclaimed emperor on Rhine with Burgundian support*
ends
410
Constantine III intervenes in Italy in support of Honorius*
starts
395
Huns cross Caucasus to invade Syria and Persia*
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358
Julian defeats Frankish raiders; allows some to settle in Gaul*
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329
Persians invade Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom*
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294
Diocletian attacks and crushes Sarmatians*
starts
122
Hadrian fortifies frontier of Britain*
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9
Catuvellauni gain power over southern Britain*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 17 July for purposes of Omniatlas
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