1461
Second Battle of St Albans
Battle · Europe
On this day
17 February
252 events in the atlas are dated to 17 February, from 44 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 252 events
- 44 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1568
Treaty of Adrianople
Treaty · Middle East
1838
Weenen massacre
Attack · Sub-Saharan Africa
1944
Operation Hailstone
Event
1979
Sino-Vietnamese War
War · Southeast Asia
2008
2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
Event · Europe
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 2 eventsThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 7 events- 1461Second Battle of St AlbansBattle · Europe
- 1500Battle of HemmingstedtBattle · Europe
- 1454Feast of the PheasantEvent · Europe
- 1154Battle of TerebovliaBattle · Europe
- 1500Katzenelnbogener ErbfolgekriegEvent · Europe · 1500 – 1557
- 1283Yuan capture of VijayaConquest · Southeast Asia
- 1285Fall of Thăng LongBattle · Southeast Asia
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 25 events- 1720Treaty of The HagueTreaty · Europe
- 16741674 Ambon earthquake and megatsunamiNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 16741674 Ambon Island earthquakeNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 1568Treaty of AdrianopleTreaty · Middle East
- 1782Battle of SadrasBattle · South Asia
- 17931793 Sanriku earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1524Siege of EdoSiege · East Asia
- 1739Battle of VasaiSiege · South Asia
- 1665Founding of MacuspanaFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1745Founding of Surakarta SunanateFounding · Southeast Asia
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 33 events- 1838Weenen massacreAttack · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1855Battle of EupatoriaBattle · Europe
- 1843Battle of MianiBattle · South Asia
- 1854Founding of Orange Free StateFounding · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1883Construction of Turf MoorConstruction · Europe
- 1814Battle of MormansBattle · Europe
- 1841Champoeg MeetingsEvent · North America · 1841 – 1843
- 1892Founding of SampálocFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1848Founding of MarlboroFounding · North America
- 1897Battle of RejafBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 100 events- 1979Sino-Vietnamese WarWar · Southeast Asia
- 1986Single European ActTreaty · Europe
- 1944Operation HailstoneEvent
- 1970Rhodesian dollarEvent · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1970 – 1980
- 1944Battle of EniwetokBattle
- 1978La Mon restaurant bombingAttack · Europe
- 19641964 Gabon coup d'étatPolitical · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1974Murder of Carla WalkerCrime · North America
- 19741974 White House helicopter incidentBattle · North America
- 19591959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crashAccident · Europe
The 21st century
since 2001 · 85 events- 20082008 Kosovo declaration of independenceEvent · Europe
- 2024Digital Services ActEvent
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in AlgeriaEpidemic · North Africa
- 2025Delta Air Lines Flight 4819Accident · North America
- 2016February 2016 Ankara bombingAttack · Middle East
- 20252025 Indonesian protestsProtest · Southeast Asia
- 2014Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702Accident
- 20062006 Southern Leyte mudslideEvent · Southeast Asia
- 20012001 Pacific typhoon seasonEvent
- 2026solar eclipse of February 17, 2026Event
About the dates
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.