Famous Deaths In December - 17
Sunday, 18 April 2021
0535 On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)
0695 On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]
0942 On this day in history death of william Longsword
1187 Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1471 On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies
1562 Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1721 On this day in history death of richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640)
1751 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62 on December - 17.
1811 John Antes, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80
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 Death of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791) on December - 17.
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 this day in history.
1881 Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on December - 17.
1891 On this day in history 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 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 Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1916 On December - 17 death of grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated
1917 Death of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836) on this day in history.
1925 On December - 17 a N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies
1926 On December - 17 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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