Famous Deaths In February - 17
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
0364 Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.
0440 Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.
0956 Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.
1339 Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on February - 17.
1371 On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
1596 Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on February - 17.
1600 On February - 17 death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake
1609 On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)
1612 On February - 17 ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57
1624 Death of Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536) on this day in history.
1652 On this day in history gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67
1654 On February - 17 michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62
1659 On February - 17 death of abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
1673 Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies on February - 17.
1680 On this day in history death of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599)
1688 Death of Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian on February - 17.
1715 Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1732 Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1768 On this day in history death of arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691)
1780 On February - 17 death of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706)
1796 James Macpherson, poet, dies on February - 17.
1815 On this day in history franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59
1827 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1841 Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1847 William Collins, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.
1852 On February - 17 micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies
1854 Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 on February - 17.
1856 On February - 17 heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris
1874 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1875 On this day in history luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33
1878 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1883 Napoleon Coste, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1890 On this day in history death of christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819)
1901 Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.
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