Template:On this day/February 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.

February 17:

• 1793 – Alexander McGillivray died.
• 1861 – Civil War: Florida became one of the Confederate States.
• 1889 – Chandler Cox Yonge died.