Important Events that took place on 17th November
17th November: History of this date
Elizathen Era Began on November 17, 1558
Queen Mary I, the monarch of England and Ireland since 1553, dies and is succeeded by her 25-year-old half-sister, Elizabeth. The two half-sisters, both daughters of King Henry VIII, had a stormy relationship during Mary’s five-year reign. Mary, who was brought up as a Catholic, enacted pro-Catholic legislation and made efforts to restore the pope to supremacy in England.
The long reign of Elizabeth, who became known as the “Virgin Queen” for her reluctance to endanger her authority through marriage, coincided with the flowering of the English Renaissance, associated with such renowned authors as William Shakespeare. By her death in 1603, England had become a major world power in every respect, and Queen Elizabeth I passed into history as one of England’s greatest monarchs.
17th November, 1842
A grim abolitionist meeting is held in Marlboro Chapel, Boston, after the imprisonment of a mulatto named George Latimer, one of the first fugitive slaves to be apprehended in Massachusetts.
Read more: Revolt of 1857: Causes, Nature, Importance and Outcomes
17th November, 1871
The National Rifle Association was granted a charter by New York state; the NRA’s initial goal was to “promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis,” and it later became a leading advocate of gun rights.
17th November, 1887
British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, one of the outstanding Allied commanders in World War II, was born in London.
17th November, 1989
Massive anti-government demonstrations in Czechoslovakia were set off by police brutality at a demonstration commemorating the 50th anniversary of the suppression of a student demonstration in German-occupied Prague, and, under the leadership of Václav Havel, they continued until the communist government resigned.
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