Famous Deaths In December - 17
Friday, 26 July 2024
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 On December - 17 death of william Longsword
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 this day in history.
1471 Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.
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 On this day in history death of nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
1679 On December - 17 don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies
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 On this day in history kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62
1811 John Antes, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1829 Bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80 on December - 17.
1830 Simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia on December - 17.
1833 Death of Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21 on December - 17.
1847 On this day in history death of archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791)
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 Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1891 On December - 17 msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle
1893 Levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71 on December - 17.
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 December - 17 stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61
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 December - 17.
1925 On this day in history a N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies
1926 On December - 17 alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70
1930 Peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36 on December - 17.
1933 Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81 on this day in history.
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