On the morning of November 17th, Cornwallis and 2,000 men had left Philadelphia with the object of capturing Fort Mercer at Red Bank, New Jersey.

Successful recreations have been performed by Anthemius of Tralles ( 6th century AD ), Proclus ( 6th century ) ( who by this means purportedly destroyed the fleet of Vitellus besieging Constantinople ), Ibn Sahl in his On Burning Mirrors and Lenses ( 10th century ), Alhazen in his Book of Optics ( 1021 ), Roger Bacon ( 13th century ), Giambattista della Porta and his friends ( 16th century ), Athanasius Kircher and Gaspar Schott ( 17th century ), the Comte du Buffon in 1740 in Paris, Ioannis Sakas in the 1970s in Greece, and others.

* Keiō 4: On the 17th day of the 7th month ( September 3, 1868 ), Edo was renamed Tokyo.

On 17 January 2008, the Judge of the 17th Federal Court of Minas Gerais State forbade the sales of the game in the whole Brazilian territory.

This last phrase ( from 1 Timothy 6: 20 ) is the origin of the title of the book by Irenaeus, On the Detection and Overthrow of False Knowledge, that contains the adjective gnostikos, which is the source for the 17th Century English term " Gnosticism.

On 5 September 2012 the excavators announced that they had identified the Greyfriars church, and two days later that they had identified the location of Robert Herrick's garden where the memorial to Richard III stood in the early 17th century.

On 15 April 1746, the day before the Battle of Culloden, at Dunrobin Castle, a party of the William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland ’ s militia conducted the last siege fought on the mainland of Great Britain against Jacobin members of clan MacLeod.

On the Human Poverty Index the United States ranked 17th, one rank below the United Kingdom and one rank above Ireland.

On May 20, 1995, primarily as a response to the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19, 1995, the United States Secret Service closed off Pennsylvania Avenue to vehicular traffic in front of the White House from the eastern edge of Lafayette Park to 17th Street.

On February 3, 1757, the 17th Foot was ordered to march from its garrison at Galway and prepare to be deployed overseas.

On May 5, Montgomery and the 17th Foot sailed from Cork for Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving in July.

On the first floor are divisions covering the art and cultural history of Bayreuth's margravial period ( 17th and 18th centuries ).

On Nosy Boraha, a small island off the northeastern coast of Madagascar, Captain Misson and his pirate crew allegedly founded the famous pirate utopia of Libertalia in the late 17th century.

On September 17, 1984, on the 17th anniversary of the day he hit his first home run, he hit his 500th, at Anaheim Stadium off Bud Black of the Royals.

On July 1, 2010, Brother Norman W. Hipps, O. S. B., Ph. D., began his service as the 17th President of Saint Vincent College.

On top of that, they listed him as the 17th best Mario enemy.

On the South Quay is a 17th century Merchant's House, as well as Tudor, Georgian and Victorian buildings.

On the 17th August 2011, to remember the 75th anniversary of Lorca ´ s assassination and to celebrate his life and legacy, this event included dance, song, poetry and dramatic readings and attracted hundreds of spectators.

On the 17th day of the Great War when Karna is trying to extricate his chariot from the mud, Arjuna ( in spite of all the cruelty and unchivalrous acts previously meted out by Karna to the Pandavas ) hesitates to kill Karna.

On the 17th of February, 1848, Gilbert Bailey sold the whole tracts, estimated at 134 acres, to James and Walter F. Brewster, for the sum of $ 8, 000.

On the 17th day of July they sailed from Liverpool harbor on board a sailing vessel named the Republic, and after a voyage of six weeks and two days arrived safely in New York City on the 30th of August, 1845..

On the 17th, speeches by Bush and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw explicitly declared the period of diplomacy to be over, as declared by Resolution 1441's prohibition on giving Iraq new opportunities for compliance, and that no further authorization from the UN would be sought before an invasion of Iraq ( see 2003 invasion of Iraq ).

On July 1, 1963, the wing was re-designated the 17th Bombardment Wing ( Heavy ) and continued its mission under this unit until July 7, 1975, when the last of its 11 B-52s was transferred to Beale Air Force Base, California.

On the left is the preserved 17th century townhouse Gladstone's Land owned by the National Trust for Scotland.

On 15th Boedromion, called Agyrmos ( the gathering ), the hierophants ( priests or " those who show the sacred ones ") declared prorrhesis, the start of the rites, and carried out the " Hither the victims " sacrifice ( hiereía deúro ).

On 23rd Boedromion, the Mysteries ended and everyone returned home.

On average, 95 % of the participants in these early trials receive no benefit, but all are exposed to the risk of adverse effects.

On 14 July 1790, and for several days following, crowds in the Champ de Mars celebrated the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille with the Fête de la Fédération ; Talleyrand performed a mass ; participants swore an oath of " fidelity to the nation, the law, and the king "; the King and the royal family actively participated.

On 12 May 2008, Benedict XVI accepted an invitation to talk to participants in the International Congress organized by the Pontifical Lateran University on the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae.

On 7 and 8 June 2003, 77. 45 % of the referendum participants voted in favor of Poland ’ s accession to the European Union.

On the first day of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the Altador Cup started as an annual international online gaming event and had 10. 4 million participants the first year.

On Wednesday, however, The Village Voice ran reports of the riots, written by Howard Smith and Lucian Truscott, that included unflattering descriptions of the events and its participants: " forces of faggotry ," " limp wrists " and " Sunday fag follies ".

On December 27, 2006, Incubus launched the " I Dig Incubus " contest, in which participants cut together clips of the band performing their single " Dig ", to form a complete music video.

On November 25, 2008, a new federal rule was passed that allows states to charge premiums and higher co-payments to Medicaid participants.

On 13 September 2007, during the filming of a jousting reenactment for a special episode of Time Team, a splinter from a balsa wood lance went through the eye-slit in the helmet of one of the participants and entered his eye socket.

On 21 June 1947, Khudai Khidmatgar leaders met under the presidency of Amir Mohammad Khan at Bannu and believed that a referendum was inevitable and that the participants would declare that Pakhtuns did not accept India or Pakistan and announced a boycott of the referendum.

On the other hand, crowd behavior and positive feedback loops in market participants may also increase volatility at times.

On October 19, 1998, participants at IFOAM's 12th Scientific Conference issued the Mar del Plata Declaration, where more than 600 delegates from over 60 countries voted unanimously to exclude the use of genetically modified organisms in food production and agriculture.

On the same date the organisation reverted to its former name, " Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras " ( from " New Mardi Gras "), as more than 9, 100 participants joined in the 2012 Parade, on 134 floats.

On the other hand, Thompson believes that the presence of Burgundians on the Hunnic side is credible, noting that a group is documented as remaining east of the Rhine ; likewise, he believes that the other peoples Sidonius alone mentions — the Rugians, Scirans and Thuringians — were likely participants in this battle.

On the other hand, feedback and gratification are delayed as participants must wait a day or two for their results to come in.

On 16 May 2003 the result of a referendum by industry participants and customer representatives on a proposed set of self-regulating rules was announced:

On May 4, 1961, participants journeyed to the deep South, this time including women as well as men and testing segregated bus terminals as well.

Including the qualifying rounds, in which success is termed ' Rowing On ', the number of participants in 2003 was over 1, 800.

On average, Youth In Music usually attracts between 5, 000 and 10, 000 spectators and participants.

On the UK the Barn Owl Nest Box Scheme is promoted by the World Owl Trust and has many participants in local areas, including Somerset and Falkirk.

On 21 November 2006, the seven participants formally agreed to fund the creation of a nuclear fusion reactor.

On the first Saturday after the election, more than 100 significant protests took place — many with thousands of participants — without any traditional organizing effort.

On completion of the course, participants are awarded the Wood Badge beads to recognize significant achievement in leadership and direct service to young people.

On August 20, 1971, Zimbardo announced the end of the experiment to the participants.