Famous Deaths In December - 17
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0535 Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on this day in history.
0695 Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.
0942 Death of William Longsword on December - 17.
1187 On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies
1195 On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies
1213 On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53
1273 Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.
1471 Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.
1562 On this day in history adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82
1651 Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81 on December - 17.
1663 On December - 17 death of nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
1679 On this day in history don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies
1711 On December - 17 arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies
1721 On this day in history 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 On December - 17 john Antes, composer, dies at 71
1829 On December - 17 bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80
1830 On December - 17 simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia
1833 Death of Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21 on this day in history.
1847 Death of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791) on this day in history.
1860 Death of Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777) on December - 17.
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 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 On this day in history kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83
1913 On December - 17 stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61
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 On December - 17 a N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies
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 Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81 on December - 17.
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