Famous Deaths Happened In April - 17
Friday, 12 December 2025
0326 On this day in history death of alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria 

0485 On April - 17 proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens [or Apr 14] 

0617 Death of Donnán of Eigg, Celtic Christian martyr, patron saint of Eigg on this day in history. 

0818 On this day in history bernhard I, King of Italy, dies 

0858 Benedict III, Italian Pope (855-58), dies on April - 17. 

1080 Death of King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041) on this day in history. 

1272 On this day in history zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59 

1297 On April - 17 willem van Afflighem, Flemish poet/abbot St Truiden, dies at about 86 

1427 Jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies on this day in history. 

1539 Death of George, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471) on April - 17. 

1574 On this day in history joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German philologist, dies 

1630 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies on this day in history. 

1679 John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 on this day in history. 

1680 Death of Kateri Tekakwitha, first American Indian to receive beatification (b. 1656) on this day in history. 

1696 On April - 17 death of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, French writer (b. 1626) 

1711 On this day in history jozef I, [Habsburg], emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32 

1713 On April - 17 death of david Hollatz, Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648) 

1714 On April - 17 philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56 

1726 Henriette Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49 on April - 17. 

1742 Death of Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664) on this day in history. 

1761 Death of Thomas Bayes, English mathematician on this day in history. 

1764 On this day in history johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82 

1790 On this day in history benjamin Franklin, US, (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84 

1799 Death of Richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728) on April - 17. 

1835 William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies on this day in history. 

1837 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies on April - 17. 

1838 J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71 on April - 17. 

1843 Death of Samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762) on this day in history. 

1854 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history. 

1863 On this day in history daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 

1873 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history. 

1882 Death of George Jennings Sanitary engineer (b. 1810) on April - 17. 

1890 John Barnett, composer, dies at 87 on April - 17. 

1891 On April - 17 jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77 

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