Famous Deaths In July - 17

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.  

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.  

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.  

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

1345  On July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched  

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  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.  

1627  Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 on this day in history.  

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

1682  On this day in history 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 July - 17.  

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

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

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

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

1764  On July - 17 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 July - 17.  

1794  On this day in history jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45  

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

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

1838  On July - 17 john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82  

1845  Death of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764) on this day in history.  

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

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

1864  On July - 17 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 this day in history.  

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1487  On July - 17 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 July - 17.  

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

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.  

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering  

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.  

1763  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education  

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader