January 17 in History
17 January in History – 83 years ago
Southern Asia 1941: Japanese Intervention in French Indochina
Germany's defeat of France in 1940 left the French overseas empire vulnerable. Japan, which... SEE MORE…
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starts
1991
US-led coalition liberates Kuwait from Iraqi invasion
ends
1963
UN occupies Katanga, restoring it to the Congo
1961
Katangan authorities murder Lumumba
1945
Soviets overrun Poland and eastern Germany
starts
1929
Kalakani rules as King in Kabul
starts
1920
British destroy Dervish State
ends
1915
Ottomans defeated at Sarikamish
starts
1903
German warships bombard Fort San Carlos, Venezuela
1899
US takes possession of Wake Island
ends
1881
Chilean forces capture Lima
ends
1866
NZ government confiscates ‘rebel’ Māori lands
1840
Republic of Rio Grande declared
395
Theodosius I dies, splitting Roman Empire
ends
395
Theodosius I rules Roman East, then entire Empire
starts
395
Honorius rules Western Roman Empire
starts
395
Arcadius rules Eastern Roman Empire
starts
250
Goths and Carpi ravage Moesia and Thrace*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 17 January for purposes of Omniatlas
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