About December 17
December 17, 2025 is the 351st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 14 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Sagittarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 62 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On December 17
- 920 –Romanos I is crowned co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII.
- 1398 –Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud’s armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.
- 1538 –Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.
- 1577 –Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific Coast of the Americas for English Queen Elizabeth I.
- 1583 –Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeats the troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
- 1807 –France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
- 1819 –Simón Bolívar declares the independence of the Republic of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).
- 1837 –Fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg occurred.
- 1907 –Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan
- 1918 –Culmination of the Darwin Rebellion as some 1000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
- 1927 –Indian revolutionary Rajendranath Lahiri was hanged to death in Gonda jail of U.P. in India 2 days before the scheduled date.
- 1939 –World War II: Battle of the River Plate – The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
- 1941 –World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
- 1947 –First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
- 1973 –Terrorism: 30 passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport.
- 1989 –Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years.
- 2002 –Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.
- 2005 –Anti-WTO protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong
- 2005 –Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicate the throne as King of Bhutan.
- 2010 –Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire.This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution. The success of the Tunisian protests sparked protests in several other Arab countries.
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