Famous Deaths In July - 17

0656  On July - 17 death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.  

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.  

1025  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies  

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.  

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

1453  On this day in history death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader  

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies  

1531  On this day in history death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)  

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  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 July - 17.  

1682  On July - 17 johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29  

1704  On July - 17 death of pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer  

1709  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53  

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

1762  On this day in history peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34  

1763  On July - 17 wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45  

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

1790  Death of Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723) on July - 17.  

1791  On July - 17 death of martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717)  

1793  On July - 17 death of charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined  

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

1804  On July - 17 christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80  

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

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

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  James Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1864  On July - 17 daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29  

1871  Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1875  On this day in history gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77  

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

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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  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.  

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history 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.