493 CE
Battle for the Body of St. Patrick
Battle
On this day
17 March
272 events in the atlas are dated to 17 March, from 45 BCE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 272 events
- 45 BCE – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1328
Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton
Treaty · Europe
1578
Siege of Otate
Siege · East Asia
1861
Italian lira
Event · Europe · 1861 – 2002
1991
1991 Soviet Union referendum
Election · Europe
2014
Operation Lava Jato
Crime · South America
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 2 eventsThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 7 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 8 events- 1578Siege of OtateSiege · East Asia
- 1502Founding of Podu StoicaFounding · Europe
- 15421542 Mexico City earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 15841584 Peru earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 1746Siege of Blair CastleSiege · Europe
- 1746Atholl raidsEvent · Europe
- 1793Battle of ChantonnayBattle · Europe
- 1790Raid on BaltischportEvent
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 43 events- 1861Italian liraEvent · Europe · 1861 – 2002
- 1824Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824Treaty · Europe
- 1861proclamation of the Kingdom of ItalyEvent · Europe
- 1860First Taranaki WarWar · Oceania · 1860 – 1861
- 1863Armenian National ConstitutionEvent · Middle East · 1863 – 1923
- 1876Battle of Powder RiverBattle · North America
- 1861Founding of Kingdom of ItalyFounding · Europe
- 1855Founding of AracajuFounding · South America
- 1890Convention of CalcuttaTreaty
- 1863Battle of Kelly's FordBattle · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 122 events- 19911991 Soviet Union referendumElection · Europe
- 1948Treaty of BrusselsTreaty · Europe
- 1992South African apartheid referendum, 1992Election · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1999Hello Kitty murderNatural disaster
- 1991Ukrainian sovereignty referendum, 1991Election · Europe
- 1973Burst of JoyEvent
- 20002000 Uganda mass deathsAttack · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 19921992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos AiresAttack · South America
- 1988Avianca Flight 410Accident · South America
- 1954Ma'ale Akrabim massacreAttack · Middle East
The 21st century
since 2001 · 90 events- 2014Operation Lava JatoCrime · South America
- 20042004 unrest in KosovoAttack · Europe
- 20202020 COVID-19 pandemic in the GambiaEpidemic · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2010Expedition 23Exploration
- 20202020 COVID-19 pandemic in BarbadosEpidemic · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 2026assassination of Ali LarijaniPolitical · Middle East
- 2021salmon chaosEvent · East Asia
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in West BengalEpidemic · South Asia
- 20092009 imprisonment of American journalists by North KoreaEvent · East Asia
- 2024Noon Against PutinProtest · Europe
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.