Editing May 17 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1642]] &ndash; [[Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve]] founds the [[Ville Marie de Montréal]].
*[[1648]] &ndash; An allied French and Swedish army defeats Imperial and Bavarian forces in the [[Battle of Zusmarshausen]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Thirty Years' War |volume= 26 |last= Atkinson |first= Charles Francis | pages = 852&ndash;860; see page 860, final para |quote= Battle of Zusmarshausen....at Zusmarshausen (May 17th) catching the enemy in the act of manoeuvring...}}</ref>
*[[1673]] &ndash; [[Louis Jolliet]] and [[Jacques Marquette]] begin exploring the [[Mississippi River]].
*[[1756]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]] formally begins when [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] declares war on [[Kingdom of France|France]].
*[[1760]] &ndash; French forces [[Siege of Quebec (1760)|besieging Quebec]] retreat after the [[Royal Navy]] arrives to relieve the British garrison.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Manning|first1=Stephen|title=Quebec: The Story of Three Sieges |date=2009 |publisher=Continuum |pages=109–110 |isbn=978-0773538719}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; The [[New York Stock Exchange]] is formed under the [[Buttonwood Agreement]].
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muhammad Ali]] becomes [[Wāli]] of [[Egypt]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; Emperor [[Napoleon|Napoleon I]] orders the annexation of the [[Papal States]] to the [[First French Empire|French Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanson |first=Paul R. |url= |title=Historical dictionary of the French Revolution |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-8108-7892-1 |edition=Second |location=Lanham |pages=252 |oclc=900724699}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Military occupation|Occupation]] of [[Monaco]] changes from French to Austrian.
*  1814   &ndash; The [[Constitution of Norway]] is signed and [[Crown Prince]] [[Christian VIII of Denmark|Christian Frederick]] of Denmark is elected [[King of Norway]] by the [[Norwegian Constituent Assembly]].
*[[1859]] &ndash; Members of the [[Melbourne Football Club]] codified the [[Laws of Australian rules football#Melbourne Rules of 1859|first rules]] of [[Australian rules football]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Rosalía de Castro]] publishes ''Cantares Gallegos'', the first book in the [[Galician language]].
*1863 &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: During the [[Vicksburg campaign]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces under [[John A. McClernand]] defeat a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] rearguard and capture around 1,700 men at the [[Battle of Big Black River Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Big Black River Bridge (May 17)|url=https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/bigblack.htm|website=NPS.gov|publisher=National Park Service|date=February 15, 2018|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> 
*[[1865]] &ndash; The International Telegraph Union (later the [[International Telecommunication Union]]) is established in Paris.
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Aristides (horse)|Aristides]] wins the first [[Kentucky Derby]] with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75).
*[[1900]] &ndash; The children's novel ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'', by [[L. Frank Baum]], is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Wonderful Wizard of Oz By L.Frank Baum With Pictures by W.W. Denslow  |publisher=Geo. M. Hill Co. |year= 1900 |place=Chicago |url=https://archive.org/details/wonderfulwizardo00baumiala |access-date= February 6, 2018 |via= Internet Archive }}</ref>