Famous Deaths Happened In February - 17
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
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 On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)
1371 Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.
1596 Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.
1600 Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.
1609 Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on February - 17.
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 this day in history.
1652 Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 on February - 17.
1654 On February - 17 michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62
1659 Death of Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593) on February - 17.
1673 On this day in history moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies
1680 On February - 17 death of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599)
1688 On this day in history 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 February - 17.
1768 Death of Arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691) on February - 17.
1780 On February - 17 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 this day in history.
1827 On this day in history johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81
1841 Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1847 William Collins, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.
1852 Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies on February - 17.
1854 On February - 17 hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71
1856 On this day in history heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris
1874 On this day in history [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77
1875 Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 on this day in history.
1878 On February - 17 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59
1883 On February - 17 napoleon Coste, composer, dies at 76
1890 Death of Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819) on February - 17.
1901 Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38 on February - 17.
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