Famous Deaths In April - 17
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0326 On April - 17 death of alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
0485 Proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens [or Apr 14] on April - 17.
0617 Death of Donnán of Eigg, Celtic Christian martyr, patron saint of Eigg on April - 17.
0818 Bernhard I, King of Italy, dies on this day in history.
0858 On this day in history benedict III, Italian Pope (855-58), dies
1080 On this day in history death of king Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
1272 On April - 17 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 On this day in history jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies
1539 Death of George, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471) on this day in history.
1574 Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German philologist, dies on this day in history.
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 April - 17.
1680 Death of Kateri Tekakwitha, first American Indian to receive beatification (b. 1656) on April - 17.
1696 Death of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, French writer (b. 1626) on this day in history.
1711 Jozef I, [Habsburg], emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32 on April - 17.
1713 On this day in history death of david Hollatz, Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648)
1714 On this day in history philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56
1726 On April - 17 henriette Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49
1742 Death of Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664) on April - 17.
1761 On April - 17 death of thomas Bayes, English mathematician
1764 Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1790 On April - 17 benjamin Franklin, US, (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84
1799 On this day in history death of richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728)
1835 William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies on this day in history.
1837 On April - 17 edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies
1838 On this day in history j Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71
1843 On April - 17 death of samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762)
1854 On this day in history gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74
1863 Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1873 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1882 Death of George Jennings Sanitary engineer (b. 1810) on this day in history.
1890 John Barnett, composer, dies at 87 on April - 17.
1891 On this day in history jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77
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