Famous Deaths In July - 17

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.  

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies  

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies  

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies  

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched  

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.  

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies  

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.  

1571  On July - 17 death of georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)  

1588  Death of Sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489) on July - 17.  

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1627  On July - 17 lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67  

1645  Death of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on July - 17.  

1682  On this day in history johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29  

1704  On this day in history death of pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer  

1709  On July - 17 pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60  

1746  Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 on July - 17.  

1753  Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies on July - 17.  

1762  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on July - 17.  

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on July - 17.  

1764  On this day in history johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82  

1790  On this day in history death of adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)  

1791  On this day in history death of martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717)  

1793  Death of Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on this day in history.  

1794  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1804  On this day in history christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80  

1826  Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65 on July - 17.  

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on July - 17.  

1845  On July - 17 death of charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)  

1851  On July - 17 beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37  

1863  James Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 on July - 17.  

1864  Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1871  On July - 17 karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29  

1875  Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1878  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.  

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.  

1674  On this day in history birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)  

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.  

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering  

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)  

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education  

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader