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On This Day · The 321st day of the year

November 17

November 17's record stretches 721 years, from 1292 to 2013. Its center of gravity is the 21st century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneTopaz ❀Birth flowerChrysanthemum

Scorpio is the sign for November 17 — read more on the Scorpio page, or see November's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on November 17?

November 17 is the 321st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1292 and 2013. Famous people born on November 17 include Greg Rutherford, Louis XVIII and Bronzino.

Released on November 17

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game The Berlin Apartment
  • Game Forestrike
  • Game Umami

2024

  • TV Landman

2022

  • Game What the Bat?
  • TV Just an Excuse

2021

  • Game Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1292

    John Balliol

  2. 1796

    French Revolutionary Wars

  3. 1831

    Ecuador

  4. 1869

    Egypt

  5. 1947

    John Bardeen

  6. 1950

    14th Dalai Lama

  7. 1968

    BAC One-Eleven

  8. 2003

    Arnold Schwarzenegger

  9. 2013

    Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363

  10. 2013

    Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 17

Greg Rutherford

b. 1986

Louis XVIII

b. 1755

Bronzino

b. 1503

Douglas Shearer

b. 1899

John Boehner

b. 1949

Danny DeVito

b. 1944

Sima Guang

b. 1019

Terry Branstad

b. 1946

Deaths

  • 2013Doris Lessing
  • 1968Mervyn Peake
  • 1917Auguste Rodin
  • 1796Catherine the Great
  • 1592John III of Sweden
  • 375Valentinian I

Holidays & observances

  • —Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece)
  • —Christian feast days: Acisclus
  • —Christian feast days: Aignan of Orleans
  • —Christian feast days: Elizabeth of Hungary
  • —Christian feast days: Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast days: Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast days: Gregory Thaumaturgus
  • —Christian feast days: Hilda of Whitby

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