Famous Deaths Happened In July - 17

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

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

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

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

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

1571  On this day in history death of georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)   

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 July - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1746  On July - 17 anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53   

1753  On this day in history andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies   

1762  On July - 17 peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34   

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

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

1790  Death of Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1791  Death of Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717) on July - 17.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1487  On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

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

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

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