Famous Deaths In July - 17

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.  

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 July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies  

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.  

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader  

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.  

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)  

1571  Death of Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516) on July - 17.  

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

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1627  Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 on July - 17.  

1645  Death of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on this day in history.  

1682  Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29 on July - 17.  

1704  On July - 17 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  On this day in history andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies  

1762  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45  

1764  Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 on July - 17.  

1790  On July - 17 death of adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)  

1791  Death of Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717) on this day in history.  

1793  Death of Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on July - 17.  

1794  On July - 17 jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45  

1804  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on July - 17.  

1826  On this day in history joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65  

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1845  On this day in history death of charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)  

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on July - 17.  

1863  On this day in history james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35  

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

1871  On this day in history karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29  

1875  Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 on July - 17.  

1878  On July - 17 aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65  

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on this day in history.  

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)  

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.  

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer  

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

1745  On this day in history 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  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.