Portal:South East England/On This Day/June 17

• 1648: The Battle of Maidstone took place in Kent.
• 1718: George Howard, English field marshal and politician who became Governor of Minorca, was born in Great Bookham, Surrey
• 1778: English-Australian explorer Gregory Blaxland was born at Fordwich, Kent.
• 1907: Brooklands motor racing circuit near Weybridge was opened.
• 1919: between 300 and 800 Canadian soldiers rioted and attacked the police station in Epsom, Surrey in an event now known as the Epsom Riot.
• 1983: Singer Lee Ryan, formerly of Blue, was born in Chatham.