Famous Deaths Happened In August - 17
Monday, 16 June 2025
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 Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on August - 17.
1464 On this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies
1510 Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.
1536 Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.
1553 Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on August - 17.
1635 Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.
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 August - 17.
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 On this day in history mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61
1731 On August - 17 johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57
1768 On August - 17 death of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
1777 On August - 17 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
1785 On August - 17 jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies
1786 On August - 17 frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74
1792 On August - 17 jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38
1804 Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history death of husein GradaÅ¡Äević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802)
1850 On this day in history jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies
1861 On August - 17 death of alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806)
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 August - 17 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 On August - 17 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 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 on August - 17.
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