Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.   

1187  On December - 17 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 December - 17.   

1471  On this day in history 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  Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on December - 17.   

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

1721  Death of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

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  Bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80 on December - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history death of désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777)   

1870  Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75 on December - 17.   

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

1891  Msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle on December - 17.   

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

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  On December - 17 stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

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

1917  On December - 17 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  Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70 on December - 17.   

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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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on December - 17.   

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

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

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

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