Events on May 17

Date	Type	Event
17 May 1101	Battles & Sieges	(17 May) The Fatimid-ruled city, Caesarea, fell to the Crusaders after a 15-day-long siege during the First Crusade. The siege began on 2 May 1101. The cruelest massacre took place in the Great Mosque where many of the citizens had taken refuge and begged for mercy. But they were butchered, men and women alike, by the Crusaders.
17 May 1805	Events	(17 May) Muhammad Ali Pasha or Muhammad Ali of Egypt became the Wali of Egypt in 1805.