Famous Deaths Happened In April - 17
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
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 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 this day in history.
0858 Benedict III, Italian Pope (855-58), dies on this day in history.
1080 On April - 17 death of king Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
1272 On this day in history zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59
1297 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 On this day in history death of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, French writer (b. 1626)
1711 Jozef I, [Habsburg], emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32 on this day in history.
1713 Death of David Hollatz, Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648) on April - 17.
1714 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56 on April - 17.
1726 Henriette Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1742 On this day in history death of arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664)
1761 On April - 17 death of thomas Bayes, English mathematician
1764 On April - 17 johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82
1790 Benjamin Franklin, US, (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84 on this day in history.
1799 On this day in history death of richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728)
1835 On April - 17 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 this day in history death of samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762)
1854 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74 on April - 17.
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 April - 17.
1890 On April - 17 john Barnett, composer, dies at 87
1891 On this day in history jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77
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