What events occurred on May 17, 1957?





1521 - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.

1590 - Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.

1642 - Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.

1673 - Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.

1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Continental Congress bans trade with Canada.

1792 - The New York Stock Exchange is formed.

1809 - Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.

1814 - Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.

1814 - The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.

1846 - The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax.

1849 - A fire threatens to burn St. Louis, Missouri, to the ground.

1860 - German soccer club TSV 1860 München is founded

1863 - Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, her first book in the Galician language.

1865 - The International Telegraph Union (the later International Telecommunication Union) is established.

1875 - Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby.

1895 - The first Omonoia station of the Athens metro is inaugurated in Greece.

1900 - Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.

1902 - Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.


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