Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

0535  On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

1187  On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on December - 17.   

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.   

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  Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1663  Death of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583) on December - 17.   

1679  On December - 17 don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies   

1711  Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies on this day in history.   

1721  Death of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640) on December - 17.   

1751  On this day in history kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62   

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 this day in history.   

1833  On December - 17 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  Death of Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777) on this day in history.   

1870  Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62   

1891  On December - 17 msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle   

1893  On December - 17 levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71   

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

1907  Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

1916  Death of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on December - 17.   

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

1925  A N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies on December - 17.   

1926  On this day in history alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70   

1930  Peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1933  On December - 17 hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81   

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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 this day in history.   

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on December - 17.   

1619  On December - 17 birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer