Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17
Sunday, 13 July 2025
0535 On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)
0695 Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.
0942 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1213 On this day in history jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53
1273 On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)
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 Death of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583) on December - 17.
1679 Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on this day in history.
1711 On this day in history 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 On December - 17 kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62
1811 John Antes, composer, dies at 71 on December - 17.
1829 On this day in history bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80
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 December - 17 death of désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777)
1870 Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75 on December - 17.
1881 Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1891 On this day in history msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle
1893 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1907 On December - 17 kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83
1913 Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1916 Death of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on December - 17.
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 On this day in history hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81
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