A Daily Dose of History (17 May 2025) Today's historical events:

• Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army.
• Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
• Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men - by 1536 only 4 survive.
• George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
• Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
• Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
• Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (1612-1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
• Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria in the Battle of Zusmarshausen.
• Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
• Seven Years' War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France
• French forces besieging Quebec retreat after the Royal Navy arrives to relieve the British garrison.
• The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
• Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt.
• Emperor Napoleon I orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.

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