Famous Deaths In August - 17
Friday, 25 October 2024
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 this day in history death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
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 this day in history death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight
1553 On this day in history charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies
1635 On August - 17 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 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
1785 Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1804 On this day in history barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies
1834 Death of Husein GradaÅ¡Äević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802) on this day in history.
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 August - 17.
1865 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
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 Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 on August - 17.
1887 Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
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 Death of Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on this day in history.
1898 On this day in history carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56
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