All Events

Historical Events on September 17

  • Ottoman Empire

    1620

    The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.

  • Boston

    1630

    The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.

  • American Revolutionary War

    1775

    American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.

  • American Civil War

    1862

    American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.

  • Soviet Union

    1939

    World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939.

  • Nazi Germany

    1940

    World War II: Following Nazi Germany's defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.

  • Soviet Union

    1941

    World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, is issued.

  • Bangladesh

    1974

    Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.

  • Estonia

    1991

    Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.

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