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On June 17, 653: Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
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Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
Pope Martin I, also known as Martin the Confessor, was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 649 to his death 16 September 655. He had served as Pope Theodore I's ambassador to Constantinople, and was elected to succeed him as pope. He was the only pope when Constantinople controlled the papacy whose election had not awaited imperial mandate.
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653 Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. Head of the Catholic Church from 649 to 655
Pope Martin I, also known as Martin the Confessor, was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 649 to his death 16 September 655. He had served as Pope Theodore I's ambassador to Constantinople, and was elected to succeed him as pope. He was the only pope when Constantinople controlled the papacy whose election had not awaited imperial mandate.
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1242 Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris. Disputation over the Talmud at the court of French King Louis IX (1240)
The Disputation of Paris, also known as the Trial of the Talmud, took place in 1240 at the court of King Louis IX of France. It followed the work of Nicholas Donin, a Jewish convert to Christianity who translated the Talmud and pressed 35 charges against it to Pope Gregory IX by quoting a series of blasphemous passages about Jesus, Mary, or Christianity. Four rabbis defended the Talmud against Donin's accusations.
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1300 Turku Cathedral is consecrated by Bishop Magnus I in the city of Turku (Swedish: Åbo). Church in Turku, Finland
Turku Cathedral is the only medieval basilica in Finland and the Mother Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It is the central church of the Lutheran Archdiocese of Turku and the seat of the Lutheran Archbishop of Finland, Tapio Luoma. It is also regarded as one of the major records of Finnish architectural history.
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1397 The Kalmar Union is formed under the rule of Margaret I of Denmark. Personal union in Scandinavia
The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by Queen Margaret of Denmark. From 1397 to 1523, it joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, together with Norway's maritime colonies.
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1462 Vlad the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack at Târgovişte), forcing him to retreat from Wallachia. 15th-century ruler of Wallachia
Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula, was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death. He is regarded as a Christian hero in Romania due to his opposition to the Ottoman Empire and he is considered an important ruler in Wallachian history.
- 1497 Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
- 1579 Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
- 1596 The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.
- 1631 Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
- 1665 Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War.
- 1673 French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
- 1767 Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
- 1773 Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
- 1775 American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- 1789 In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
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- 1794 Foundation of Anglo-Corsican Kingdom.
- 1795 The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic.
- 1831 The steam locomotive Best Friend of Charleston causes the first boiler explosion caused by a steam locomotive.
- 1839 In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
- 1843 The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
- 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
- 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg campaign.
- 1876 American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
- 1877 American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
- 1885 The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
- 1898 The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
- 1900 Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
- 1901 The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
- 1910 Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
- 1922 Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
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Holidays on June 17
- Christian feast day: Albert Chmielowski
- Christian feast day: Botolph (England and Scandinavia)
- Christian feast day: Gondulphus of Berry
- Christian feast day: Hervé
- Christian feast day: Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)
- Christian feast day: Rainerius
- Christian feast day: Samuel and Henrietta Barnett (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Father's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)
- Icelandic National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944.
- National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Forest Fires (Portugal)
- Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)
- World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (international)
- Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)
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