Historical Events on April 17

1388 Swiss victory over Austria

1780 battle during the American Revolutionary War in the West Indies

1783 battle of the American Revolutionary War

1829 battle in the Chilean civilwar

1837 naval battle between Mexico and the Republic of Texas

1849 battle of the Dominican War of Independence (1844-1856)

1866 battle during the Paraguayan War

Treaty of Shimonoseki — treaty signed at the Shunpanrō hall, Shimonoseki, Japan on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and the Qing Empire, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.

Series of anti-Jewish and anti-French riots in Morocco

1945 battle in the Netherlands

33rd Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1960

Fall of Cambodian capital

1988 Iraqi military operation

1994 Pacific Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1994

Suicide bombing in Kohat, Pakistan

West Fertilizer Company explosion — explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas

2020 ambush of the Moro conflict