On This Day: June 17th

The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.

Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.

Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.

Vlad the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack at Târgovişte), forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.

The Kalmar Union is formed under the rule of Margaret I of Denmark.

Turku Cathedral is consecrated by Bishop Magnus I in the city of Turku (Swedish: Åbo).

Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris.

Former Empress Matilda, daughter and designated heiress of king Henry I of England, marries Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou.

After a prolonged siege by rebels who demand his abdication, caliph Uthman is assassinated as the rebels enter his palace.

Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.