Holidays on this day
- International Students Day
- International Day of Premature Babies
- Day of Precinct Police Commissioners in Russia
- Black Cat Day
- Erema – stay at home
- Hiking Day
- Homemade Bread Day
- New tea day
- Baklava day
- Unfriendliness Day
Significant events in history
1558 The last queen from the Tudor dynasty, Elizabeth I, ascended to the English throne.
1757 The Academy of Arts was established in St. Petersburg (today the Russian Academy of Arts).
1869 The Suez Canal is open to navigation.
1948 The cruiser “Aurora” was permanently moored in St. Petersburg.
1989 The Velvet Revolution began in Czechoslovakia.
Persons
On November 17, 1503, the Italian artist, representative of Mannerism, Agnolo Bronzino, was born.
On November 17, 1790, German mathematician and astronomer August Moebius was born.
On November 17, 1901, Soviet film director and screenwriter, People's Artist of the USSR Ivan Pyryev was born.
On November 17, 1906, Japanese designer and inventor, businessman, and founder of Honda, Soichiro Honda, was born.
On November 17, 1935, Austrian alpine skier, three-time Olympic champion and absolute world champion Toni Sailer was born.
On November 17, 1940, Soviet athlete (equestrian sport), coach, and Olympic champion Elena Petushkova was born.
Folk calendar
Erema – stay at home
On this day, the memory of two holy martyrs is celebrated – Nikander, Bishop of Mir, and Presbyter Ermey.
In Rus', it was believed that on this day one must definitely stay at home, if possible, not even go out into the yard, and even more so beyond the fence. Otherwise, you could encounter evil spirits and incur various troubles. “The outskirts are ghostly on this day,” people said. The weather matched the general mood: “It’s twisting, muddy, messy outside the threshold.”
It was also believed that evil spirits on Yerema (Ermeya) tried to penetrate the hut themselves in order to steal hot coal from the stove. Therefore, it was customary on this day not to give fire to any of the neighbors, so that happiness would not leave the house. Moreover, the family asked: “Svetets, hold the torch tightly so that not a single soot is stolen from the hut by evil spirits.”
Name day on this day
Alexander, Evgenia, Erema, Ivan, Ilya, Nikolai, Porfiry, Simon, Stepan.
Source: Calend.ru.
