Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on December - 17.   

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on this day in history.   

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1273  On this day in history death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.   

1562  Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82 on December - 17.   

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 this day in history don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies   

1711  Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies on December - 17.   

1721  On this day in history death of richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640)   

1751  On this day in history kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62   

1811  John Antes, composer, dies at 71 on December - 17.   

1829  Bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia   

1833  On this day in history death of kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21   

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 this day in history.   

1881  On December - 17 lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62   

1891  Msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1893  Levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71 on December - 17.   

1899  On this day in history frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle   

1907  Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1913  On December - 17 stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

1916  On this day in history death of grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

1917  On December - 17 death of elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836)   

1925  A N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70   

1930  Peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81   

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1239  On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on December - 17.   

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.   

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  On December - 17 birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.