Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

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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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

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

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on this day in history.   

1554  On December - 17 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  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.