Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

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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1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

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

1493  On December - 17 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  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.   

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.