Famous Deaths In August - 17
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
0754 On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39
1153 Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 August - 17.
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 this day in history 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 August - 17.
1731 On this day in history johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57
1768 On August - 17 death of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
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 On this day in history jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38
1804 On this day in history barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies
1834 On this day in history death of husein GradaÅ¡Äević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802)
1850 Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies on August - 17.
1861 On August - 17 death of alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806)
1865 On this day in history johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82
1875 Death of Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827) on August - 17.
1878 On this day in history death of richard Upjohn, US architect, died
1880 On this day in history ole Bull, composer, dies at 70
1887 On this day in history franz Commer, composer, dies at 74
1888 On August - 17 james Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies
1889 On this day in history ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42
1893 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52[NS=8/29] on August - 17.
1896 On August - 17 death of bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident
1898 On August - 17 carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56
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