Events That Happened on August 17
- 1945 CEIndonesian National Revolution
- 2017 CE2017 Catalonia attacks
- 1945 CEProclamation of Indonesian Independence
- 2015 CE2015 Bangkok bombing
- 2021 CERepublican insurgency in Afghanistan
- 1950 CEHill 303 massacre
- 1965 CEWatts riots
- 2019 CE17 August 2019 Kabul bombing
- 1382 CETreaty of Elvas
- 1655 CETreaty of Kėdainiai
- 1956 CECode of Personal Status
- 2005 CE2005 Bangladesh bombings
- 2009 CE2009 Nazran bombing
- 2010 CE17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings
- 2022 CEAugust 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
- 2024 CEAugust 2024 Nabatieh attack
- 1562 CETreaty of Mozhaysk
- 2008 CEattack on Abu Bakr Mosque of Baku
- 2014 CEAl-Shaitat massacres
- 2016 CE2016 Shchelkovo Highway police station attack
- 2024 CEAugust 2024 Deir el-Balah attacks
- 1993 CEEmergency Management Assistance Compact
- 1994 CECambodia-Malaysia Bilateral Investment Treaty
- 1999 CEPhilippines-Sweden Bilateral Investment Treaty
- 2002 CEGermany-Iran Bilateral Investment Treaty
- 2004 CEOman-Switzerland Bilateral Investment Treaty
Natural Disasters on August 17
Records from scientific disaster catalogs that fall on this calendar day. All disaster records
- 1999 CEEarthquake and tsunami — Turkey, Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya (Mw 7.6)· 17,118 deaths
- 1906 CEEarthquake and tsunami — Chile, South Central (Mw 8.2)· 4,000 deaths
- 1949 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Karliova (Mw 6.8)· 320 deaths
- 1995 CEFlood: Morocco (1995-08-17)· 166 deaths
- 2012 CEFlood: Democratic People's Republic of Korea,Republic of Korea (2012-08-17)· 59 deaths
- 1952 CEEarthquake — China, Tibet (Xizang Province)· 54 deaths
- 2007 CEFlood: Philippines (2007-08-17)· 42 deaths
- 1936 CEEarthquake — China, Yunnan Province (Ms 5.5)· 30 deaths
- 2002 CEFlood: Algeria (2002-08-17)· 28 deaths
- 2007 CEFlood: Martinique (2007-08-17)· 25 deaths
- 1983 CEEarthquake and tsunami — Philippines, Luzon (Ms 6.5)· 16 deaths
- 2022 CEFlood: China (2022-08-17)· 16 deaths
- 1991 CEFlood: Viet Nam (1991-08-17)· 15 deaths
- 2006 CETungurahua· 6 deaths
- 1976 CEFlash Flooding: Italy (1976-08-17)· 6 deaths
- 2007 CEEarthquake — Utah (ML 1.6)· 3 deaths
- 2010 CEFlash Flooding: Spain (2010-08-17)· 3 deaths
- 1956 CEFlash Flooding: Serbia (1956-08-17)· 3 deaths
- 2023 CEFlood: Chile (2023-08-17)· 3 deaths
- 2023 CEEarthquake — Colombia, Bogota, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Meta (Mw 6.3)· 2 deaths
- 1939 CEIzu-Torishima· 2 deaths
- 2002 CEFlood: Thailand,Myanmar (2002-08-17)· 2 deaths