2017 in History

Heads Arsenal's winning goal against Chelsea as the club lift a record 13th FA Cup.

Releases 3-D The Catalogue, documenting the multimedia live catalogue performances.

Promulgates legislation permitting abortion in three narrowly defined circumstances.

Theo Zurenuoc serves as acting Governor-General after Ogio dies

Takes office as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam.

Takes office as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam.

Takes office as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam.

Supports protesters opposing emergency ordinance changes.

Kabila appoints Tshibala under the framework of the Saint Sylvester Agreement.

Chiwenga becomes Vice-President after retiring from military command.

Mohadi is appointed as one of Zimbabwe's two Vice-Presidents.

The European Union Notification of Withdrawal Act receives royal assent.

Starmer supports the bill while pressing for parliamentary scrutiny and negotiating safeguards.

Starmer leads Labour's response during the Article 50 Bill second-reading debate.

Leads Labour scrutiny of the Article 50 legislation.

The United Kingdom gives formal notice of withdrawal from the European Union.

Scores Real Madrid's fourth goal late in the final against Juventus.

Becomes the first coach in the Champions League era to retain the trophy.

Leaves Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain after four seasons in Catalonia.

Signs Executive Order 13767 on border wall planning and construction.

Orders construction of a wall along the southern border.

Formal Brexit negotiations begin with the European Union.

Introduces the European Union Withdrawal Bill.

Agrees a confidence and supply arrangement supporting the Conservative government.

Sets out Brexit objectives in the Lancaster House speech.

Introduces the European Union Notification of Withdrawal Bill.

The European Union Notification of Withdrawal Act receives royal assent.

The United Kingdom gives formal notice of withdrawal from the European Union.

Calls for an early general election during the Brexit process.

Loses the Conservative majority in a Brexit-dominated general election.

Loses the Conservative majority in a Brexit-dominated general election.

Delivers the Florence speech on the Brexit transition and future relationship.

Agrees the phase one joint report with the European Union.

The UK and EU publish a joint report on phase one of Brexit negotiations.

Wins the Article 50 case requiring parliamentary authorisation.

Wins the Supreme Court case requiring an Act of Parliament to authorise Article 50.

Scores Real Madrid's second goal in the Champions League final.

Faces criticism for saying there were “fine people on both sides” after a deadly rally.

Delivers unscripted remarks at CIA headquarters focusing on media coverage and crowd size.

Scores the only goal against Gremio as Real Madrid retain the Club World Cup.

Signs an order rolling back Obama-era climate and coal regulations.

Fires FBI Director James Comey.

Birmingham is selected to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Agrees a confidence-and-supply arrangement with the Conservative government.

Juno microwave measurements reveal ammonia-rich structures extending far below Jupiter's visible cloud tops.

Burnham's first period as Member of Parliament ends before the mayoral election.

The Supreme Court disqualifies Nawaz Sharif from holding parliamentary office.

Manchester United defeat Southampton 3-2 at Wembley to win the EFL Cup.

Loses the Conservative majority in a snap general election.

Burnham wins the first directly elected Greater Manchester mayoral contest.

Faces first lawsuit alleging violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause.

Leaves office as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam.

Leaves office as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam.

The First Bjarni Benediktsson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Leaves office as Mayor of Amsterdam.

The Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Starts for Ajax in the UEFA Europa League final against Manchester United.

Manchester United defeat Ajax 2-0 to win the UEFA Europa League.

Scores the opening goal as Real Madrid defeat Manchester United 2-1 in the European Super Cup.

Scores Real Madrid's second goal in the European Super Cup victory over Manchester United.

Is appointed FC Porto head coach before the new season.

Begins the First Bjarni Benediktsson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Holds first full Cabinet meeting praising administration achievements.

Begins the First Katrin Jakobsdottir Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Signs an executive order restricting entry from several Muslim-majority countries.

Scores his five-hundredth competitive Barcelona goal with a stoppage-time Clasico winner.

Attends G20 summit and meets world leaders.

Reinstates restrictions on U.S. funding to NGOs providing abortion counseling.

Nominates Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

Neil Gorsuch is sworn in as Supreme Court Justice.

Kabariti participates in government appointment connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Bob Dadae becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea

Juno flies directly above the Great Red Spot to probe its structure.

The first developmental GSLV Mk III flight carrying GSAT-19 takes place while A. S. Kiran Kumar heads ISRO.

During his leadership of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, LIGO and Virgo make their first three-detector observation of a binary black hole merger.

Tanvir leads Hubble observations of the optical counterpart to the neutron-star merger GW170817, linking gravitational waves with a kilonova.

New Horizons reaches the halfway point in distance between Pluto and its next Kuiper Belt target, 2014 MU69.

Ortiz and colleagues use a stellar occultation to discover a ring around the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Haumea.

Burnham announces strong public support for the city-region homelessness fund.

North Korea tests the Hwasong-14 ICBM.

North Korea tests the Hwasong-15 ICBM.

The IAEA opens its Low Enriched Uranium Bank in Kazakhstan as a fuel assurance mechanism.

Receives the BRITs Icon Award, adding to his record haul of BRIT trophies.

Signs Executive Order 13768 expanding immigration enforcement.

Directs In the Fade.

Is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States.

Juno measurements show Jupiter's magnetic field is stronger and more spatially irregular than expected.

Kabariti participates in jerusalem policy connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Juno data reveal tightly packed giant cyclones surrounding central storms at Jupiter's poles.

Invites resubmission of the Keystone XL pipeline application.

Scores the opening goal as Real Madrid beat Malaga and secure the Spanish league championship.

Starmer sets tests for judging whether the Government secures an acceptable Brexit agreement.

Sets out objectives for leaving the European Union and the single market.

Burnham coordinates civic leadership and public solidarity after the Manchester Arena bombing.

Burnham launches a homelessness fund and donates fifteen percent of his mayoral salary.

Starmer demands a binding parliamentary vote on the final withdrawal agreement.

Reinstates the Mexico City Policy restricting abortion-related foreign aid.

Chiwenga's forces take control of key institutions during the leadership crisis.

Becomes crown prince while continuing as minister of defence.

Appoints Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince and deputy prime minister.

Kiss leads analysis of Hubble images revealing a moon around the large Kuiper Belt object then known as 2007 OR10.

Urges NATO allies to increase defense spending.

Publishes position papers on Brexit negotiations.

Becomes permanent head coach of the Netherlands women's national team shortly before the European Championship.

Barish receives the Nobel Prize for leadership and decisive contributions to LIGO

Thorne receives the Nobel Prize for decisive contributions to LIGO and gravitational wave observation

Weiss receives the Nobel Prize for decisive contributions to LIGO and gravitational wave observation

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves from sources including merging black holes.

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions to LIGO and gravitational-wave astronomy, inaugurated by the detection of a binary black hole merger.

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions to LIGO and the observation of gravitational waves, first detected from a binary black hole merger.

North Korea conducts its sixth and largest announced nuclear test explosion.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons opens for signature at United Nations Headquarters.

Senate fails to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Bajwa oversees the launch of Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad, a nationwide campaign intended to consolidate earlier counterterrorism operations.

Announces U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.

Scores in stoppage time to complete Barcelona's 6-1 comeback against Paris Saint-Germain.

The International Astronomical Union approves the first official names for surface features discovered on Pluto by New Horizons.

Tombaugh Regio and Burney crater become official Pluto feature names honoring Clyde Tombaugh and Venetia Burney.

Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi succeeds Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister.

PSLV-C37 deploys 104 satellites in one mission during A. S. Kiran Kumar's tenure as ISRO chairman.

O'Neill continues as Prime Minister after the 2017 national election

Berdymukhamedov wins another presidential term under the revised system

Starmer retains Holborn and St Pancras at the general election.

Helps secure a second consecutive European championship.

New Horizons photographs Kuiper Belt objects 2012 HZ84 and 2012 HE85 from farther from Earth than any previous spacecraft image location.

Faces protests over efforts to permit presidential reelection.

Mugabe resigns after military intervention and the beginning of parliamentary impeachment proceedings.

Returns to the club where he developed as a player.

Becomes a leading scorer and captain from midfield.

Issues a revised travel ban after legal challenges.

Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.

Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.

Scores twice against Juventus as Real Madrid retain the Champions League.

Releases the collaborative album Room 29 with Chilly Gonzales.

Delivers speech to leaders of Muslim-majority countries.

Burnham proposes coordinated action so more children begin school ready to learn.

North Korea conducts its sixth nuclear test.

Scores the opening goal as Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-0 and win the Spanish Super Cup.

Signs for Sporting after developing his senior career in Italy.

Ends his regular BBC Radio 6 Music Sunday Service after almost eight years.

Starmer welcomes the ruling requiring parliamentary legislation before Article 50 is triggered.

Mnangagwa is sworn in after returning from exile.

Orders missile strikes on a Syrian airbase after a chemical weapons attack.

Burnham begins serving as the first elected Mayor of Greater Manchester.

Succeeds Enda Kenny as Taoiseach.

The Act reduces the corporate tax rate and changes individual and business taxation.

Unveils outline of major tax cuts.

Plays Black Sabbath's final concert in Birmingham during The End tour.

Continues as head of the Cabinet of Ministers after re-election

Coaches Real Madrid to their thirty-third Spanish league championship.

Directs withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Joins Liverpool from Roma and becomes a key forward.

Joins Lyon and rebuilds his career as a leading attacker in Ligue 1.

De Wit uses Hubble spectra to test atmospheres of Earth-sized TRAPPIST-1 planets and finds no evidence for thick hydrogen envelopes on the inner worlds.

Presides over the United Nations conference that adopts the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Engineers successfully fire Voyager 1 trajectory-correction thrusters for the first time in thirty-seven years.

Supports social and economic reforms associated with women's mobility.

Issues the royal order permitting driving licences for women.

Scores twice as the Netherlands defeat Denmark 4-2 to win UEFA Women's EURO 2017.

Guides the Netherlands to their first UEFA Women's European Championship title with a 4-2 final victory over Denmark.

Faces worldwide protests the day after his inauguration.

Michael Ogio dies while serving as Governor-General