Historical Events on October 17

Battle in 1173 in England during the Revolt of 1173-74

1346 Medieval battle between England and Scotland

1534 anti-Catholic protest in France

1571 naval battle between the Holy League and the Ottoman Empire

1633 siege of the thirty years war

Scottish historical event

1768 treaty between Great Britain and the Cherokee

1793 battle in the U.S. state of Georgia in the Cherokee–American wars

1802 treaty between the United States and Choctaw

1806 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

London Beer Flood — 1814 brewery disaster in London

1813 battle of the Chilean War of Independence

Battle in Pettoranello del Molise, Italy

1914 part of the First World War

1917 WWI British-German naval engagement

Paris massacre of 1961 — a crime committed in 1961 by the French National Police against hundreds of French Algerians, which was kept secret for decades

1967 Part of the Vietnam War

1973 battle during the Yom Kippur War

1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix — Formula One motor race

Major earthquake in northern California

1999 Malaysian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1999

2017 major battle in the Syrian Civil War

2019 Mexican National Guard operation to capture Ovidio Guzmán López

Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion — 17 October 2023 explosion in Gaza