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1596 – The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen. 1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.1565 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack at Târgovişte), forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.1397 – The Kalmar Union is formed under the rule of Margaret I of Denmark.1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris.653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. June 17 is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar 197 days remain until the end of the year.
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