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 this day in history.   

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

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

1213  On this day in history jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

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

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies   

1562  On December - 17 adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82   

1651  Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1663  Death of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583) on December - 17.   

1679  On December - 17 don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies   

1711  On this day in history arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies   

1721  On December - 17 death of richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640)   

1751  On December - 17 kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62   

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

1847  On December - 17 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  On December - 17 giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75   

1881  Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on December - 17.   

1891  On December - 17 msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle   

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

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1907  Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 on December - 17.   

1913  Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on December - 17.   

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

1917  Death of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836) on this day in history.   

1925  On December - 17 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  On December - 17 peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36   

1933  On December - 17 hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81   

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

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

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

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on December - 17.   

1619  On December - 17 birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

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