Famous Deaths In September - 17

1179  Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81 on September - 17.  

1312  Ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

1322  Death of Robert III of Flanders (b. 1249) on September - 17.  

1422  On September - 17 death of constantine II of Bulgaria  

1563  Death of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier on September - 17.  

1574  On this day in history pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies  

1575  Death of Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504) on this day in history.  

1604  Lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69 on September - 17.  

1621  On this day in history death of robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542)  

1630  Death of Thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567) on this day in history.  

1652  On this day in history bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69  

1665  Philip IV, King of Spain (1621-55), dies on September - 17.  

1676  On this day in history death of sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (b. 1626)  

1679  Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50 on September - 17.  

1702  On September - 17 olof Rudbeck, composer, dies at 71  

1727  Death of Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman (b. 1647) on this day in history.  

1732  On this day in history josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40  

1762  On September - 17 francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer, dies at 74  

1771  Tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 50 on September - 17.  

1803  On this day in history franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies  

1808  Death of Benjamin Bourne, American politician (b. 1755) on September - 17.  

1820  On this day in history henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76  

1823  Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91  

1836  On this day in history death of antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748)  

1839  On this day in history ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies  

1846  Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84 on September - 17.  

1858  Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on September - 17.  

1862  Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies  

1864  On September - 17 walter Savage Landor, author, dies  

1868  Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies on this day in history.  

1869  Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies on this day in history.  

1873  Death of Alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer (b. 1781) on September - 17.  

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1192  On September - 17 birth of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)  

1271  Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305) was born on this day in history.  

1550  Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on September - 17.  

1552  On this day in history birth of paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21)  

1580  Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange was born on September - 17.  

1605  On September - 17 birth of francesco Sacrati, composer  

1619  John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader was born on September - 17.  

1630  Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694) was born on September - 17.