Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17
Sunday, 06 July 2025
0535 On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)
0695 On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]
0942 Death of William Longsword on December - 17.
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 Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1273 On this day in history death of rumi (b.1207)
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 this day in history.
1711 Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies on this day in history.
1721 On this day in history death of richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640)
1751 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62 on December - 17.
1811 John Antes, composer, dies at 71 on December - 17.
1829 Bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1830 Simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia on December - 17.
1833 On December - 17 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 this day in history.
1860 Death of Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777) on December - 17.
1870 Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75 on December - 17.
1881 On December - 17 lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62
1891 On this day in history msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle
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 On this day in history kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83
1913 On this day in history 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 December - 17.
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 Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81 on December - 17.
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