Famous Deaths In February - 17
Friday, 25 October 2024
0364 Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on February - 17.
0440 On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots
0956 On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55
1339 On this day in history death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)
1371 Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.
1596 On this day in history death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)
1600 On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake
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 February - 17.
1624 Death of Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536) on this day in history.
1652 On February - 17 gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67
1654 Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1659 On this day in history death of abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
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 February - 17.
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 February - 17.
1732 Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on February - 17.
1768 On this day in history death of arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691)
1780 Death of Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706) on February - 17.
1796 On February - 17 james Macpherson, poet, dies
1815 On this day in history franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59
1827 On this day in history johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81
1841 On this day in history ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70
1847 On February - 17 william Collins, landscape painter, dies
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 February - 17.
1883 On February - 17 napoleon Coste, composer, dies at 76
1890 Death of Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819) on this day in history.
1901 On this day in history ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38
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