Portal:Religion/On this day/July 17

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[edit] July 17:

• 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
• 1048 - Damasus II appointed Pope.
• 1203 - Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus flees from his capital into exile.