Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
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 December - 17 death of william Longsword
1187 On December - 17 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 this day in history death of rumi (b.1207)
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 Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81 on December - 17.
1663 Death of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583) on this day in history.
1679 Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on December - 17.
1711 On December - 17 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 On this day in history john Antes, composer, dies at 71
1829 Bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1847 Death of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791) on December - 17.
1860 On this day in history death of désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777)
1870 On December - 17 giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75
1881 On December - 17 lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62
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 this day in history.
1899 On December - 17 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 December - 17.
1916 Death of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on December - 17.
1917 On this day in history death of elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836)
1925 On December - 17 a N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies
1926 Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70 on December - 17.
1930 On December - 17 peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36
1933 Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81 on this day in history.
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