Mary was born in 1371 to King Louis the Great and his second wife, Elizabeth of Bosnia, and was the older of the two daughters of Louis and Elizabeth to survive childhood.

* Mary of Hungary ( 1371 – 1395 ), queen regnant of Hungary, daughter of Louis I of Hungary and Elizabeth of Bosnia ; wife of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

* Mary of Durazzo ( 1369 – 1371 ).

Thereafter Jülich's history became closely intertwined with that of its neighbours: the Duchies of Cleves and Berg as well as Guelders and the County of Mark: Duke William II had married Mary, the daughter of Duke Reginald II of Guelders, and duchess herself after the death of her half-brother Reginald III of Guelders in 1371.

* Mary Hunter Austin ( 1868 – 1934 ), American writer

* 1927 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

* 1662 – Mary II of England ( d. 1694 )

* 1907 – Mary Hamman, American writer ( d. 1984 )

* 1837 – Mary Harris Jones, American labor organizer ( d. 1930 )

* 1942 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Old and in the Way, and New Riders of the Purple Sage ) ( d. 1995 )

* 1954 – Mary Jo Salter, American poet

* 1876 – Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author ( d. 1958 )

* 1561 – An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.

* 1953 – Mary Matalin, American political consultant

* 1971 – Mary Joe Fernández, Dominican-American tennis player

* 1879 – The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears at Knock Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.

* 1905 – Mary Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun, mystic, and saint ( d. 1938 )

Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Jacob Johnson ( 1778 – 1812 ) and Mary (" Polly ") McDonough ( 1783 – 1856 ), a seamstress and the daughter of Andrew McDonough.

* 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols is murdered.

* 1969 – Mary McCartney, English photographer

* 1797 – Mary Shelley, English author ( d. 1851 )

* 1968 – Mary Birdsong, American actress

* 1985 – Mary Elise Hayden, American actress

* 1918 – Mary Healy, American actress

* 1578 – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots

* 1467 – Mary of York ( d. 1482 )

* 1946 – Mary Jo Slater, American casting director and producer

* 1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.

On 17 November 1558, Mary died and Elizabeth succeeded to the throne.

However, the Vikings lost to the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs, 17 – 14, on a controversial touchdown pass from the Cowboys ' quarterback Roger Staubach to wide receiver Drew Pearson that became known as the Hail Mary.

Mary I ( 18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558 ) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.

Mary was weak and ill from May 1558, and died aged 42 at St. James's Palace during an influenza epidemic that also claimed the life of Reginald Pole later the same day, 17 November 1558.

* 1928 – The RNLI Lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17 man crew.

Paranthropus boisei was discovered by Mary Leakey on July 17, 1959, at the FLK Bed I site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania ( specimen OH 5 ).

Dallas went on to defeat the Minnesota Vikings, 17 – 14, with a 50-yard touchdown pass from Staubach to Drew Pearson with less than a minute to play in what was called the " Hail Mary pass ".

Had she lived a little longer, then the Catholic religion that she worked so hard to restore into the realm may have taken deeper roots than it did ; however, Mary died on 17 November 1558 at the relatively young age of 42.

* July 17 – The first skull of Australopithecus is discovered by Louis Leakey and his wife Mary Leakey in the Olduvai Gorge of Tanzania.

* September 17 – Mary Stewart, British fantasy and mystery writer

After Joseph told her to look between the cliffs at Lyme Regis and Charmouth, Mary found the skeleton — 17 feet long in all ( 5. 2m )— a few months later.

* November 17 – The Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her younger half-sister Elizabeth.

* Lesser Feasts and Commemorations on the Lutheran liturgical calendar include Anthony of Egypt on January 17, Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, martyr Henry of Uppsala on January 19, Timothy, Titus and Silas, missionaries St Timothy, St Titus and St Silas Day on January 26, Ansgar, Bishop of Hamburg, missionary to Denmark and Sweden St Ansgar on February 3, Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop, missionaries to the Slavs St Cyril and St Methodius on February 14, Gregory the Great on March 12, St Patrick on March 17, Olavus Petri, priest and Laurentius Petri, Bishop of Uppsala, on April 19, St Anselm on April 21, Catherine of Siena on April 29, St Athanasius on May 2, St Monica on May 4, Eric IX of Sweden on May 18, St Boniface on June 5, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus on June 14, Benedict of Nursia on July 11, Birgitta of Sweden on July 23, St Anne, Mother of Mary on July 26, St Dominic on August 8, Augustine of Hippo on August 28, St Cyprian on September 16, Teresa of Avila on October 15, Martin de Porres on November 3, Martin of Tours on November 11, Elizabeth of Hungary on November 17, St Lucy on December 13.

* In John 20: 17 Jesus tells Mary Magdalene " Do not hold on to Me, for I have not yet returned to the Father.

John Paul II also separately emphasized that Jesus had foretold of his Ascension several times in the Gospels, e. g. John 16: 10 at the Last Supper: " I go to the Father, and you will see me no more " and John 20: 17 after his resurrection he tells Mary Magdalene: " I have not yet ascended to the Father ; go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God ".

On 17 February he presented himself to Mary at Wemyss Castle in Fife.

Image: Francois Second Mary Stuart. jpg | Francis II ( age 15 ) with his wife Mary, Queen of Scots ( age 17 ) in 1559.

The marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, to the dauphin of France on 24 April 1558 was quickly followed by Mary Tudor's death and the succession to the throne of England by Elizabeth on 17 November 1558.

She strongly advised Mary to accept Maximilian's suit, and marry him immediately ; he arrived in Burgundy on 5 August 1477, and by 17 August had arrived at Ten Waele Castle, in Ghent.

In 2007, TIME magazine put The Mary Tyler Moore Show on its list of " 17 Shows That Changed TV.