All Events

Historical Events on June 17

  • Mississippi River

    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.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    1775

    American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.

  • Dutch East India Company

    1795

    The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic.

  • Battle of Vienna, Virginia

    1861

    American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.

  • Battle of Taku Forts (1900)

    1900

    Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.

  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

    1930

    U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.

  • Icelandic National Day

    1944

    Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.

  • Population Registration Act

    1991

    Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

  • START II

    1992

    A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).

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