Famous Deaths In December - 17
Sunday, 28 April 2024
0535 Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on this day in history.
0695 Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.
0942 Death of William Longsword on December - 17.
1187 On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies
1195 On December - 17 boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies
1213 Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.
1273 On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)
1471 Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.
1562 On this day in history adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82
1651 Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81 on December - 17.
1663 Death of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583) on this day in history.
1679 On December - 17 don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies
1711 On December - 17 arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies
1721 Death of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640) on this day in history.
1751 On this day in history kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62
1811 On this day in history john Antes, composer, dies at 71
1829 Bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1830 Simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia on this day in history.
1833 Death of Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21 on December - 17.
1847 On this day in history death of archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791)
1860 On December - 17 death of désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777)
1870 Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75 on December - 17.
1881 Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on December - 17.
1891 On this day in history msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle
1893 Levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1899 On December - 17 frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle
1907 On December - 17 kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83
1913 On December - 17 stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61
1916 On December - 17 death of grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated
1917 On this day in history death of elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836)
1925 On this day in history a N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies
1926 On this day in history alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70
1930 Peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36 on December - 17.
1933 On December - 17 hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81
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