Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

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

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on this day in history.   

1571  Death of Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516) on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history death of sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489)   

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

1645  On this day in history death of robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician   

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

1704  Death of Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on this day in history.   

1709  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1791  On July - 17 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 July - 17.   

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

1826  Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1845  Death of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764) on July - 17.   

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

1863  On July - 17 james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35   

1864  On this day in history daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29   

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  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

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

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

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

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

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