Time Astra

On this day

17 August

283 events in the atlas are dated to 17 August, from 986 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.

The best known

From every age and part of the world

The Middle Ages

501 – 1500 CE · 10 events

Early modern times

1501 – 1800 · 18 events

The 19th century

1801 – 1900 · 29 events

The 20th century

1901 – 2000 · 139 events

The 21st century

since 2001 · 87 events

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Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.

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