Famous Deaths In August - 17

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on this day in history.  

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on August - 17.  

1304  On August - 17 death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)  

1464  On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies  

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.  

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on August - 17.  

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.  

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1673  On August - 17 death of regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)  

1676  On August - 17 grimmelshausen, writer, dies  

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1681  On this day in history nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76  

1720  On August - 17 death of anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654)  

1723  On August - 17 death of joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668)  

1730  Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1731  Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on August - 17.  

1768  Death of Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703) on this day in history.  

1777  Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on August - 17.  

1785  On August - 17 jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies  

1786  Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1792  On this day in history jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38  

1804  On August - 17 barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies  

1834  On August - 17 death of husein Gradaščević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802)  

1850  Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history death of alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806)  

1865  On August - 17 johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82  

1875  Death of Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827) on this day in history.  

1878  Death of Richard Upjohn, US architect, died on this day in history.  

1880  Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1887  Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history james Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies  

1889  Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42 on August - 17.  

1893  On this day in history aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52[NS=8/29]  

1896  Death of Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on this day in history.  

1898  On August - 17 carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56  

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1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on August - 17.  

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on August - 17.  

1586  On August - 17 birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)  

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on this day in history.  

1629  On August - 17 birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)  

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on this day in history.  

1720  On August - 17 birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)  

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on August - 17.