FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2017

Today is Friday, March 17, the 76th day of 2017. There are 289 days left in the year.

1537 — French troops invade Flanders

1580 — Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam

1658 — Pro-Charles II plot in England discovered

1672 — England declares war on Netherlands

1776 — British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War

1800 — English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die

1804 — Johann von Schiller’s "Wilhelm Tell" premieres

1824 — England & Netherlands sign a trade agreement

1833 — Phoenix Society forms (New York)