Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
0535 On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)
0695 On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]
0942 On December - 17 death of william Longsword
1187 Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.
1195 Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on this day in history.
1213 On this day in history jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53
1273 Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.
1471 On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies
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 On December - 17 death of nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
1679 Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on December - 17.
1711 Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies on December - 17.
1721 Death of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640) on December - 17.
1751 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1811 On December - 17 john Antes, composer, dies at 71
1829 On this day in history bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80
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 Death of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791) on December - 17.
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 On this day in history lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62
1891 Msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle on December - 17.
1893 On December - 17 levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71
1899 Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on December - 17.
1907 Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1913 Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1916 Death of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on this day in history.
1917 Death of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836) on December - 17.
1925 A N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies on December - 17.
1926 On December - 17 alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70
1930 Peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36 on December - 17.
1933 Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81 on December - 17.
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