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  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 this day in history.   

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.   

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  Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1663  Death of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583) on December - 17.   

1679  Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on December - 17.   

1711  Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies on December - 17.   

1721  Death of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640) on December - 17.   

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  On December - 17 simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia   

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  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 December - 17.   

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1907  Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 on December - 17.   

1913  On this day in history stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

1916  On this day in history death of grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

1917  On December - 17 death of elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836)   

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  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  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

1267  On December - 17 birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on this day in history.   

1554  On December - 17 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  On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

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

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