Famous Deaths In July - 17

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

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies  

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.  

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

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.  

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

1571  Death of Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516) on July - 17.  

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

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1627  On this day in history lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67  

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

1753  On July - 17 andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies  

1762  On July - 17 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 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 July - 17.  

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  On July - 17 joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65  

1838  On this day in history john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82  

1845  On this day in history death of charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)  

1851  On this day in history 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  On this day in history karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29  

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  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 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 July - 17.  

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

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

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

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