Famous Deaths Happened In August - 17

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.   

1153  On August - 17 death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

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

1464  On this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

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 this day in history 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  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on August - 17.   

1681  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1720  On this day in history death of anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654)   

1723  Death of Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668) on August - 17.   

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

1731  On August - 17 johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57   

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

1777  Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies   

1786  Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 on August - 17.   

1792  Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies   

1834  Death of Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802) on August - 17.   

1850  On August - 17 jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies   

1861  Death of Alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806) on this day in history.   

1865  Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history death of wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827)   

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

1880  Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 on August - 17.   

1887  On this day in history franz Commer, composer, dies at 74   

1888  On August - 17 james Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies   

1889  Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

1896  On this day in history death of bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident   

1898  Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On August - 17 birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

1586  On this day in history birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  On this day in history birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)   

1686  On this day in history birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1720  On this day in history birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

1753  On this day in history birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)