Famous Deaths In February - 17
Thursday, 28 January 2021
0364 Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on February - 17.
0440 Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.
0956 On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55
1339 Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.
1371 Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.
1596 On February - 17 death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)
1600 Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.
1609 On February - 17 death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)
1612 Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1624 Death of Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536) on February - 17.
1652 Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 on February - 17.
1654 Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on February - 17.
1659 Death of Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593) on this day in history.
1673 Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies on this day in history.
1680 Death of Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599) on this day in history.
1688 On February - 17 death of rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian
1715 On February - 17 antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68
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 this day in history death of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706)
1796 On February - 17 james Macpherson, poet, dies
1815 Franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59 on February - 17.
1827 On this day in history johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81
1841 Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70 on February - 17.
1847 William Collins, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.
1852 Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies on this day in history.
1854 Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 on February - 17.
1856 Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris on February - 17.
1874 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1875 Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 on this day in history.
1878 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 on February - 17.
1883 On February - 17 napoleon Coste, composer, dies at 76
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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