Famous Deaths In July - 17
Friday, 29 March 2024
0656 Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.
0924 On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies
1025 Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.
1070 Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.
1345 Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.
1453 Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.
1510 On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies
1531 Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.
1571 On July - 17 death of georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)
1588 On July - 17 death of sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489)
1627 On July - 17 lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67
1645 Death of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on this day in history.
1682 On this day in history johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29
1704 Death of Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on this day in history.
1709 Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1746 Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 on this day in history.
1753 On July - 17 andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies
1762 Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on this day in history.
1763 On this day in history wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45
1764 Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 on July - 17.
1790 On July - 17 death of adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
1791 On July - 17 death of martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717)
1793 Death of Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on July - 17.
1794 On this day in history jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45
1804 Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on July - 17.
1826 On this day in history joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65
1838 On this day in history john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82
1845 Death of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764) on July - 17.
1851 On this day in history beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37
1863 On July - 17 james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35
1864 On this day in history daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29
1871 On this day in history karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29
1875 On July - 17 gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77
1878 Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 on July - 17.
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