On This Day: November 17th

Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.

The city of Kuopio, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.

English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.

Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I.

Henry VIII of England concludes the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon.

French King Charles VIII occupies Florence, Italy.

Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.

John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.

Genpei War: The Battle of Mizushima takes place off the Japanese coast, where Minamoto no Yoshinaka's invasion force is intercepted and defeated by the Taira clan.

Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November.