Thursday, May 17,2018

Today is Thursday, May 17, the 137th day of 2018. There are 228 days left in the year.

1544 — Scottish Earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII

1673 — Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi

1678 — King Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty

1712 — Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands"

1756 — Britain declares war on France (7 Years’ or French & Indian War)

1787 — English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes

1792 — 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street

1804 — Lewis & Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase

1809 — Papal States annexed by France

1814 — Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day)

1921 — Belgian-Luxembourg sign customs union

1923 — Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (South Carolina)