Famous Deaths In August - 17

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 Gradaščević, 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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1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on this day in history.  

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on August - 17.  

1601  On August - 17 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 August - 17 birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer  

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on this day in history.  

1753  On this day in history birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)