Famous Deaths In August - 17
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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 August - 17.
1304 Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on this day in history.
1464 Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on August - 17.
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 August - 17 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies
1635 On this day in history francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48
1673 On this day in history death of regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
1676 Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on August - 17.
1681 Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 on August - 17.
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 On this day in history mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61
1731 On August - 17 johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57
1768 Death of Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703) on August - 17.
1777 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1785 Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies on this day in history.
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 Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies on this day in history.
1834 On August - 17 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 Death of Alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806) on this day in history.
1865 On August - 17 johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82
1875 On this day in history death of wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827)
1878 On this day in history death of richard Upjohn, US architect, died
1880 Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1887 On August - 17 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 this day in history death of bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident
1898 On this day in history carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56
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