Famous Deaths In August - 17
Thursday, 08 June 2023
0754 On August - 17 karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39
1153 On August - 17 death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)
1304 On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
1464 Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on this day in history.
1510 On August - 17 death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded
1536 On this day in history death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight
1553 On August - 17 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies
1635 Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on August - 17.
1673 Death of Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641) on this day in history.
1676 On this day in history grimmelshausen, writer, dies
1681 Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1720 On August - 17 death of anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654)
1723 Death of Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668) on this day in history.
1730 On this day in history mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61
1731 On this day in history johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57
1768 Death of Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703) on this day in history.
1777 On August - 17 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
1785 Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies on August - 17.
1786 On this day in history frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74
1792 On August - 17 jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38
1804 On August - 17 barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies
1834 Death of Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802) on August - 17.
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 this day in history johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82
1875 On this day in history death of wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827)
1878 On August - 17 death of richard Upjohn, US architect, died
1880 Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1887 Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74 on August - 17.
1888 On this day in history james Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies
1889 On August - 17 ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42
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 August - 17.
1898 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
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