17 Februar

The 17t o Februar is the 48t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 317 days ti come (318 in lowp years).

 Events 
 364 – Daith o Roman Emperor Jovian.
 1900 – Wilhelm II, German Emperor declares Wastren Samoa a German protectorate.
 1904 – Giacomo Puccini's Madame Butterfly premieres in Milan.
 1934 – Leopold III o Belgium becomes King.
 1962 – A storm fluid in Northren Germany, incluidin Hamburg, kills ower 300 fowk.
 1979 – The Sino-Vietnamese War stairts.
 1993 – The Haitian ferry "Neptune" sinks, killin up tae 1,500 fowk.
 1996 – A magnitude 8.2 yirdquauk strikes Irian Jaya, Indonesie.
 2003 – Lunnon's Congestion Charge is introduced.
 2006 – A landslide in Soothren Leyte, Philippines, kills ower 1,000 fowk.
 2008 – Kosovo declares unthirldom, which Serbie nae recognises.
 2011 – Arab Ware: Protests begin in Libie agin its leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
 2012 – German Preses Christian Wulff resigns efter a scandal. Joachim Gauck replaces him a month later.
 2018 – Great Breetain haes its maist successu day at a Winter Olympic Gemmes, in Pyeongchang Sooth Korea; Lizzy Yarnold an Laura Deas win gowd an bronze in the skeleton an Izzy Atkin wins bronze in freestyle skiin.
 2020 – Kate Forbes becomes Finance Secretar in the Scots Govrenment efter the demission o Derek Mackay.

 Births 
 1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist an composer (d. 1713)
 1781 - René Laennec, French physeecian (d. 1826)
 1888 - Otto Stern, German-American pheesicist (d. 1969)
 1923 - Hwang Jang-yop, North Korean politeecian (d. 2010)
 1925 - Hal Holbrook, American actor (d. 2021)
 1929 - Dame Patricia Routledge, Inglis actress
 1930 - Ruth Rendell, Inglis writer (d. 2015)
 1934 - Barry Humphries, Australian actor, comedian an writer
 1955 - Mo Yan, Cheenese writer
 1961 - Angela Eagle, Inglis politeecian
 1963 - Michael Jordan, American basketbaw player
 1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American actor an comedian
 1965 - Michael Bay, American filmmaker
 1970 - Dominic Purcell, Inglis-born actor
 1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American sangster an muisicker (Green Day)
 1972 - Ralphie May, American actor an vyce airtist (d. 2017)
 1973 - Shirley Clamp, Swadis sangster
 1981 - Paris Hilton, American celebrity
 1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
 1982 - Nervo (Miriam an Olivia Nervo), Australian twin sister DJs an muisic producers
 1989 - Rebecca Adlington, Inglis soummer
 1991 - Ed Sheeran, Inglis sangster-sangwriter

 Daiths 
 364 - Jovian, Roman Emperor (b. 331)
 1600 - Giordano Bruno, Italian polymath (b. 1548)
 1673 - Molière, French playwricht an actor (b. 1622)
 1856 - Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797)
 1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
 1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, Prime meenister o Canadae (b. 1849)
 1934 - King Albert I o Belgium (b. 1875)
 1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer (b. 1888)
 2013 - Richard Briers, Inglis actor (b. 1934)
 2021 - Rush Limbaugh, American Conservative political commentator an braidcaster (b. 1951)

 Halidays 
 Naitional Day o Kosovo
 Revolution Day (Libie)

 17
Category:Days o the year