Famous Deaths Happened In April - 17
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
0326 On this day in history death of alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
0485 On this day in history 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 Bernhard I, King of Italy, dies on April - 17.
0858 On April - 17 benedict III, Italian Pope (855-58), dies
1080 On this day in history death of king Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
1272 Zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59 on April - 17.
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 April - 17.
1539 On April - 17 death of george, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471)
1574 On April - 17 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 On April - 17 john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53
1680 On this day in history death of kateri Tekakwitha, first American Indian to receive beatification (b. 1656)
1696 Death of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, French writer (b. 1626) on this day in history.
1711 On this day in history jozef I, [Habsburg], emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32
1713 Death of David Hollatz, Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648) on April - 17.
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 April - 17.
1761 On this day in history death of thomas Bayes, English mathematician
1764 Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82 on April - 17.
1790 On this day in history benjamin Franklin, US, (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84
1799 On April - 17 death of richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728)
1835 On this day in history william Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies
1837 On April - 17 edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies
1838 J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1843 On April - 17 death of samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762)
1854 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74 on April - 17.
1863 On April - 17 daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61
1873 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60 on April - 17.
1882 Death of George Jennings Sanitary engineer (b. 1810) on April - 17.
1890 On April - 17 john Barnett, composer, dies at 87
1891 On April - 17 jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77
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