Famous Deaths Happened 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  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  On this day in history 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  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

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

1571  On July - 17 death of georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)   

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

1627  On July - 17 lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67   

1645  On July - 17 death of robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician   

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  On this day in history pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60   

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

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 July - 17.   

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

1764  Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 July - 17.   

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

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

1871  Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 on July - 17.   

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

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  On July - 17 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  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

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