Template:On this day/April 17

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

April 17:

• 1842 – Daniel Gonzalez Brent was born.
• 1861 – Fort Pickens received supplies and troop reinforcements from the USS Powhatan. Confederate Brigadier General Braxton E. Bragg imposed martial law in Pensacola, stopping all trade and communications with the Union-held fortress.
• 2004 – Cooper Yates died.
• 2007 – The new Krispy Kreme store at 9th Avenue and Cervantes Street opened.