Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

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

1536  On August - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

1676  On this day in history grimmelshausen, writer, dies   

1681  On August - 17 nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76   

1720  Death of Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654) on this day in history.   

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

1768  On this day in history death of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)   

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

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  Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38 on August - 17.   

1804  Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies on August - 17.   

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

1850  On this day in history 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 August - 17.   

1875  On August - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

1888  James Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies on August - 17.   

1889  On this day in history ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42   

1893  On August - 17 aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52[NS=8/29]   

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

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

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on this day in history.   

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  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on August - 17.   

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