Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.   

0695  On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  On this day in history death of william Longsword   

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  On December - 17 boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

1213  On this day in history jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies   

1562  On December - 17 adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82   

1651  On December - 17 wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81   

1663  On December - 17 death of nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)   

1679  Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 17.   

1751  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1811  John Antes, composer, dies at 71 on December - 17.   

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  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 December - 17.   

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  On December - 17 lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62   

1891  Msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle on this day in history.   

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 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 December - 17.   

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  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  On this day in history peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36   

1933  Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81 on December - 17.   

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1239  On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.   

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

1619  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.   

1632  On December - 17 birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer