What Day Of The Week Is December 17?

December 17: Day of the Week

December 17, 2026 is the 351st day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 14 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

December					2026
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

December 17 by the Numbers

• 303 days since December 17
• 0 year, 10 months, and 0 day ago
• 10 months since then
• December 17 is in the 51st week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
• 43 weeks ago
• The year 2026 is not a leap year

December 17 Historical Event(s)

1398Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud’s armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur. 1777France formally recognizes the United States of America. 1790Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone. 1819Simón Bolívar declares the independence of the Republic of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela). 1927Indian revolutionary Rajendranath Lahiri was hanged to death in Gonda jail of U.P. in India 2 days before the scheduled date. 1944World War II: Battle of the Bulge – Malmedy massacre – American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Peiper. 1961Fire in the Gran Circus American in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the biggest tragedy in circus history. 1989Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timişoara with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party’s District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire. 2002Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years. 2009MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.

Who were born on December 17?

1749Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (d. 1801) 1915André Claveau, French singer (d. 2003) 1923Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (d. 2006) 1926Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (d. 1985) 1942Paul Butterfield, American musician (d. 1987) 1965Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player 1966Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician 1976Zsanett Égerházi, Hungarian-born porn actress 1978Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer and politician 1978Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor

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