The oldest continuous elected legislative assembly in the New World, the House of Burgesses in Virginia, convened for the first time.
17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome
17th December 2020
The oldest continuous elected legislative assembly in the New World, the House of Burgesses in Virginia, convened for the first time.
The British pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was killed during a battle with British sailors under the command of Lieutenant Robert Maynard.