March 17

• March 17, 180
  Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius dies, leaving the throne to Commodus
• March 17, 1672
  England declares war on Netherlands
• March 17, 1757
  Prince Mangkunegara I of Mataram surrenders to Hamengkubuwono I in Java
• March 17, 1776
  British forces evacuate Boston to Halifax, Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War
• March 17, 1800
  English warship Queen Charlotte catch fire and 673 officers and men die
• March 17, 1858
  The Fenian Brotherhood, a brigade of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret revolutionary group, is founded in Dublin by James Stephens
• March 17, 1861
  The first Italian Parliament declare independence of Italy and proclaim Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia the first King of Italy
• March 17, 1884
  John Joseph Montgomery makes first glider flight, in Otay, California, United States
• March 17, 1921
  Sailors revolt against the Bolshevik government in Kronstadt is suppressed with thousands casualties by Leon Trotsky, the leader of the Red Army
• March 17, 1950
  Element 98, Californium, is announced
• March 17, 1963
  Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali kills 1,500 Balinese
• March 17, 1991
  USSR holds a referendum to determine if they should stay together; 9 of 15 Soviet representatives officially approve new union treaty
• March 17, 2004
  Pogrom-like violence, organized by crowds of Albanians breaks out over two days in Kosovo, results in nineteen killed, 139 Serbian homes burned, schools and businesses vandalized, and over 30 Orthodox monasteries and churches destroyed