Famous Deaths In April - 17
Saturday, 25 March 2023
0326 Death of Alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria on April - 17.
0485 Proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens [or Apr 14] on April - 17.
0617 On April - 17 death of donnán of Eigg, Celtic Christian martyr, patron saint of Eigg
0818 Bernhard I, King of Italy, dies on this day in history.
0858 Benedict III, Italian Pope (855-58), dies on April - 17.
1080 On April - 17 death of king Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
1272 Zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59 on this day in history.
1297 Willem van Afflighem, Flemish poet/abbot St Truiden, dies at about 86 on April - 17.
1427 On this day in history jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies
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 Death of Kateri Tekakwitha, first American Indian to receive beatification (b. 1656) on this day in history.
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 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56 on April - 17.
1726 On April - 17 henriette Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49
1742 Death of Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664) on this day in history.
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 April - 17 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 April - 17.
1837 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies on April - 17.
1838 J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
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 Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 on April - 17.
1873 On this day in history semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60
1882 On April - 17 death of george Jennings Sanitary engineer (b. 1810)
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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