Famous Deaths In October - 17

0532  On this day in history boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies  

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on October - 17.  

1312  On October - 17 jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies  

1552  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53  

1586  On this day in history philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32  

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)  

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on this day in history.  

1660  On October - 17 death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)  

1673  On this day in history death of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630)  

1702  On October - 17 walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies  

1757  On October - 17 death of rené Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)  

1763  On this day in history arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76  

1776  On this day in history death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)  

1780  On October - 17 death of william Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705)  

1786  Death of Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723) on this day in history.  

1806  Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies on October - 17.  

1825  On October - 17 peter Winter, composer, dies at 71  

1836  On this day in history death of orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)  

1837  On this day in history johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58  

1849  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on October - 17.  

1868  Death of Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775) on October - 17.  

1887  On this day in history gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63  

1889  On this day in history death of nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828)  

1890  On October - 17 prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77  

1897  Isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84 on October - 17.  

1904  On October - 17 nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32  

1909  On this day in history nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44  

1910  On October - 17 julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91  

1917  On this day in history maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59  

1918  On October - 17 gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies  

1921  Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45 on October - 17.  

1931  Death of Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884) on October - 17.  

1934  Death of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1852) on October - 17.  

1941  On this day in history john S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies  

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1253  On October - 17 birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])  

1563  On this day in history birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer  

1577  On October - 17 birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)  

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.  

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on October - 17.  

1626  On this day in history birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)  

1688  On October - 17 birth of domenico Zipoli, composer  

1696  On this day in history birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen