Famous Deaths Happened In August - 17

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.   

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on this day in history.   

1304  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on August - 17.   

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 August - 17.   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.   

1635  On August - 17 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48   

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  Death of Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654) on August - 17.   

1723  Death of Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668) on August - 17.   

1730  Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.   

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 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 August - 17.   

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  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 August - 17 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 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 this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

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  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1686  On August - 17 birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1720  On this day in history birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

1753  On August - 17 birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)