Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on this day in history.   

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  Death of William Longsword on December - 17.   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on December - 17.   

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on this day in history.   

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.   

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies   

1562  Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82 on December - 17.   

1651  On December - 17 wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81   

1663  Death of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583) on this day in history.   

1679  Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on December - 17.   

1711  Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies on December - 17.   

1721  On December - 17 death of richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640)   

1751  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62 on December - 17.   

1811  On this day in history john Antes, composer, dies at 71   

1829  Bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1830  Simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia on December - 17.   

1833  On this day in history death of kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21   

1847  Death of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791) on December - 17.   

1860  On December - 17 death of désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777)   

1870  On this day in history giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75   

1881  Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on December - 17.   

1891  Msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1893  Levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on December - 17.   

1907  On December - 17 kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83   

1913  Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1916  Death of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on this day in history.   

1917  Death of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836) on this day in history.   

1925  On December - 17 a N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies   

1926  Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1930  On December - 17 peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36   

1933  Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81 on December - 17.   

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1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.   

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.