what really happened on august 17:682 St. Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1180 Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira
1498 Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows and office to marry a French
princess
1544 Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France
1563 King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult
1577 Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots
1579 Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I
1585 Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma
1648 Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish
1717 France, Russia and Prussia sign agreement
1721 Koshkosh Balongush was born
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