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  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies  

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1588  Death of Sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489) on this day in history.  

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

1645  Death of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on July - 17.  

1682  On July - 17 johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29  

1704  On this day in history 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  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 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  Death of Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723) on July - 17.  

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

1804  On July - 17 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  On this day in history death of charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)  

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

1863  James Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)  

1702  On this day in history 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 July - 17.  

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