In 395 the Roman Empire split into the Western and Eastern Roman Empires
Roman Empire (27 BC – 1453 AD. After 395 AD, it was divided into: The Western Roman Empire: 395 AD - 476 AD; The Eastern Roman Empire: 395 AD - 1453 AD), which was a large empire centered on the Mediterranean Sea and spanning three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. The official name is the Senate and the Roman people, and the Chinese history books are called the Great Qin.
In 1600 the playwright Calderon Barca was born
Calderón de la Barca (17 January 1600 – 25 May 1681) was one of the two great schools of Spanish Theatre of the Golden Age. The new style of theatre he pioneered influenced the literature of the late Golden Age from the mid-17th century to the early 18th century. The theme of the masterpiece "Life is Like a Dream" is to illustrate the illusion of wealth in life.
The American politician Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1706
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was an American politician, physicist, printer and publisher, writer, inventor and scientist, and diplomat, one of the founding fathers of the United States.
In 1751 the Italian Baroque composer Tommaso Albinoni died
Tommaso Albinoni (14 June 1671 – 17 January 1751), born in Venice, was an Italian composer. He was a contemporary of Vivaldi, another Venetian composer, and was known as the pioneer of the Venetian school of music, along with Vivaldi, Marcello, and others.
In 1786 , the French astronomer Mechaun discovered Comet Enck
Comet Encke (2P/Encke) was first discovered on January 17, 1786, and is the shortest of all comets, with a weak brightness and low agamation, generally no tail, and the most frequently appeared.
In 1820, the famous British female writer Anne Brontë was born
Anne Brontë (17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was a 19th-century English novelist and poet, one of the three famous Brontë sisters in the history of English literature. For a variety of reasons, she is far less famous in later life than Charlotte Brontë, who wrote Jane Eyre, and Emily Brontë, who wrote Wuthering Heights, and is almost forgotten.
Lloyd George, the 52nd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was born in 1863
David Lloyd George (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was the first Lloyd-George Count of Dwevere. British Liberal Politician who led the war cabinet from 1916 to 1922. Lloyd George is the only solicitor among British Prime Ministers, the only Welsh Prime Minister, the only British Prime Minister who speaks English as a second language and Welsh as the first language.
U.S. President Rutherford Burchard Hayes died in 1893
Rutherford Burchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893), the 19th President of the United States, was known for his "integrity and efficiency." During the Civil War, he was repeatedly promoted for military merit until he was a major general in the Volunteer Army. In the 1876 election, Hayes was declared legitimate president until two days after the largest vote calculation dispute in U.S. history.
In 1911, the Nobel laureate in economics George Stigler was born
George Stigler (January 17, 1911 – December 1, 1991) was a famous American economist, historian of economics, professor at the University of Chicago, who, along with Friedman, was known as the leader of the Chicago School of Economics and a 1982 Nobel Laureate in Economics.
In 1929, Popeye was born
Popeye, Popeye, Poppy, Bobby, or Poppe, is an American comic and comic book character who appeared in the American Thimble Theatre comic strip on January 17, 1929, created by the American comic strip artist E. Lee from Chester, Illinois. C. Seeger, Popeye was so popular as soon as he came out, and there was even a local craze for eating spinach.
In 1931 five writers of the Left League were arrested
On January 17, 1931, the Kuomintang Shanghai Municipal Police Department, together with the Shanghai Public Concession Patrol House, suddenly searched the Oriental Hostel at No. 222, Shanghai Sanma Road, the place of activity and contact of the Communist Party in Shanghai, and the Zhongshan Hostel on Tianjin Road, and arrested Lin Yunan, who was holding a meeting, and the minutes and documents of the meeting were confiscated. The venue was guarded by secret agents, and Wang Qingshi, Luo Shibing, and others who came to the meeting were arrested.
In 1939, Mr. Qian Xuantong, a Chinese philologist, died
Qian Xuantong (September 12, 1887 – January 17, 1939), originally known as Xia, was a Chinese poet, character Zhongji, later renamed Xuantong, Zi Deqian, and Qiangu, who called himself "Doubtful Ancient Xuantong", a native of Wuxing (now Huzhou City), Zhejiang Province, a modern Chinese thinker, philologist, famous literary theorist, and linguist. One of the advocates of China's "May Fourth" new cultural movement. He is the author of "Philological Phonetics", "Re-discussion on the Problems of Classical and Ancient Literature", "Assumptions of Twenty-Eight Pronunciations of Ancient Rhymes", and "Ancient Yin Innocence". On January 17, 1939, he died of a right cerebral hemorrhage in a German hospital at the age of 52.
In 1945, soviet troops captured Warsaw in World War II
On 14 January 1945, under the command of Marshal Zhukov, the Soviets launched an offensive in the direction of Warsaw and Poznan to divide and annihilate the German 9th Army. On 17 January, the Soviet 47th and 61st Armies, together with the Polish First Army, liberated Warsaw and won the Battle of Warsaw.
In 1978, the famous master of traditional Chinese studies Wu Mi died
Wu Mi (August 20, 1894 – January 17, 1978), male, character Rain Monk, YuHeng, pen name Yusheng, a native of Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province, was a famous Western writer, master of traditional Chinese studies, and poet in modern China. One of the founders of Tsinghua University's National College, he is known as the father of Chinese comparative literature. Wu Mi, together with Chen Yinke and Tang Yongtong, is called the "Three Masters of Harvard". His works include "Wu Mi's Collected Poems", "Literature and Life", "Wu Mi's Diary" and so on.
The Gulf War broke out in 1991
In the early morning of January 17, 1991, the U.S.-led multinational force launched a massive airstrike on Iraq. The war lasted six weeks and ended with Iraq withdrawing its invading forces and accepting a UN Security Council resolution. There have been persistent conflicts between Iraq and Kuwait over territorial and oil issues.
In 1996, CCTV's eighth tv drama channel began to be broadcast to all parts of the country
On January 17, 1996, CCTV's eighth program (TV Drama Channel) began to be broadcast throughout the country.
Clyde William Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto in 1997, died
Clyde William Tombo (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930, based on predictions from other astronomers. Since his discovery of asteroid 2839 in 1929, he has discovered a total of 14 asteroids.