On This Day in History November 17, 2023

Historical Events 1558  Elizabeth I aged 25, ascends the English throne upon death of her half sister, Queen "Bloody" Mary 1800  Congress holds its 1st session in Washington, D.C. in an incomplete Capitol Building 1831  Ecuador and Venezuela separated from Greater Colombia 1855  David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe 1869  Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking Mediterranean and Red seas 1922  The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, is expelled to Malta on a British warship 1970  Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Bernard Montgomery 1887 - 1976 Gordon Lightfoot 1938 - 2023 Louis XVIII 1755 - 1824 RuPaul 63rd Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Gregory of Tours 538 AD - 594 AD Thomas Pelham-Holles 1693 - 1768 More Famous Deaths November 17: Bloody Mary, England’s Most Hated Queen Queen Mary I, the first woman to rule England in her own right, lost respect and was called Bloody Mary by burning hundreds of religious opponents at the stake. Read the Article