Famous Deaths In August - 17
Sunday, 17 January 2021
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
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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