Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

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

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.   

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.   

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

1213  On this day in history jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

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

1471  On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies   

1562  On this day in history adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82   

1651  On this day in history wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81   

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

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

1711  On December - 17 arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1811  On December - 17 john Antes, composer, dies at 71   

1829  On this day in history bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80   

1830  On December - 17 simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia   

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 this day in history.   

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

1870  On December - 17 giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75   

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  On this day in history frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle   

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

1913  Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on December - 17.   

1916  On December - 17 death of grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

1917  On this day in history death of elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836)   

1925  A N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

1267  On December - 17 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  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on December - 17.   

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer