Famous Deaths Happened In January - 17
Thursday, 10 July 2025
0395 On this day in history theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49
1103 Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies on this day in history.
1119 On this day in history boudouin VII Hapkin, count of Flanders, dies
1229 Albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68 on this day in history.
1369 Death of King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328) on January - 17.
1468 Death of Skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405) on January - 17.
1598 Death of Fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557) on this day in history.
1604 On this day in history santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61
1617 On January - 17 pieter C Bockenberg, Dutch historian, dies at 68
1620 Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59 on this day in history.
1625 Nicolo Rubini, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1654 On this day in history death of paul Potter, Dutch painter, buried
1661 On January - 17 death of andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed
1676 Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1702 On this day in history thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [OS=Jan 6]
1705 Death of John Ray, English naturalist (b. 1627) on this day in history.
1718 On January - 17 death of captain Benjamin Church, Plymouth Colony settler and military leader
1737 On January - 17 death of matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
1738 On this day in history jean-Francois Dandrieu, composer, dies
1750 Tomaso Albinioni, Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at 78 on January - 17.
1781 On this day in history marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies
1788 On January - 17 alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37
1805 On this day in history abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter, dies at 73
1820 On January - 17 daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classicist/historian, dies at 73
1823 On this day in history zacharius Werner, German playwright, dies at 36
1826 Death of Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. 1806) on January - 17.
1830 W Waiblinger, writer, dies on this day in history.
1833 James Ball Antyne, Scot founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60 on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history death of giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (b. 1762)
1856 On January - 17 thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41
1861 Death of Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) on January - 17.
1863 On January - 17 e J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73
1869 On this day in history alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55
1874 On this day in history chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62