Historical Events on June 17

217 BCE battle of the Second Punic War

910 battle during the Hungarian invasions of Europe

1138 battle between a force of Scots and English knights and men at arms

1523 battle of the Swedish War of Liberation

Battle in The Netherlands in 1583

Naval engagement that took place off Formentera on 17 June 1651, during the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)

1665 decisive battle of the Portuguese Restoration War

1696 during the War of the Grand Alliance between a French squadron and a Dutch convoy

1775 early battle of the American Revoluntionary War

Naval engagement fought in the main harbour of the Cycladic island of Mykonos on 17 June 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars.

1861 minor skirmish of the American Civil War

1863 American Civil War

1863 American Civil War battle in the Gettysburg Campaign

1870 U.S. Navy action against Mexican pirates

1876 battle between the US and Native American tribes

1892 battle that happened during the Johnson County War

Women's suffrage march through London on 17 June 1911

Treaty prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons in international armed conflicts

Operation Battleaxe — British Army operation during the Second World War in June 1941

American serial killings

1962 FIFA World Cup Final — 1962 FIFA World Cup match

1962 Belgian Grand Prix — 3rd round of the 1962 Formula One championship

Sixth Chinese nuclear test, 1967

1970 uprising in the Spanish-ruled Western Sahara

Agreement between Japan and the United States

1973 Swedish Grand Prix — motor car race

1978 Swedish Grand Prix — Grand Prix

1984 Canadian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1984

Wrestle Association R pay-per-view event series

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification — International treaty on environmental protection

2007 United States Grand Prix — Formula One race

Small conflict event in 2009

2011–2019 external impact of the Syrian civil war

2015 Charleston, South Carolina shooting — mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, United States

2018 settlement of the Macedonia naming dispute

Shooting in Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland on 17 June 2020