What happend on 17th July

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1898

Spanish-American War: Battle of Santiago Bay

1897

Klondike gold rush begins when first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle, Washington, USA.

1816

The French passenger ship Medusa runs aground off the coast of Senegal, with 140 lives lost in the botched rescue that takes weeks, leading to a scandal in the French government.

1815

Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.

1791

Massacre at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution. 1200-1500 people were killed, including women and children.

1771

Massacre at Bloody Falls: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit.

1762

Catherine II becomes tzar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.

1453

Hundred Years' War: The French under Jean Bureau utterly defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the Battle of Castillon at Gascony

1203

Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus flees from his capital into exile.