Historical Events on July 17

1279 battle in the Balkans

1453 battle during the Hundred Years' War

1520 battle during the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs

1603 battle between Transsylvania and Walachia

Russo-Swedish battle

1761 naval battle of the Seven Years' War

Naval battle in 1788

Engagement of the War of 1812

1871 battle in Southwestern Uruguay

1882 battle between the United States Army and White Mountain Apache

1894 military engagement

1904 confrontation of the Russo-Japanese war

Second Battle of Guilin

Battle of the New Georgia campaign during World War II

1943 battle on the Eastern Front of WW2

1944 explosion in California, United States

Submarine engagement in World War II

Miss Universe 1953 — 2nd Miss Universe pageant

1954 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1954

1971 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1971

Suspected part of the Troubles in the UK

Mass shooting in North Carolina

1994 FIFA World Cup Final — championship match of the 1994 FIFA World Cup

Funeral In July 1994

TWA Flight 800 — Flight that exploded and crashed in 1996 off the coast of New York

Severe earthquake and tsunami near Papua New Guinea

1998 international treaty establishing the International Criminal Court

Destructive tsunami earthquake south of Java Island, Indonesia

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 — aviation accident

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 — passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur