Famous Deaths 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 July - 17.  

1025  On July - 17 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 July - 17.  

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  Death of Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516) on this day in history.  

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

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1627  Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 on July - 17.  

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  Death of Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on July - 17.  

1709  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on July - 17.  

1746  Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 on July - 17.  

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

1762  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on July - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

1791  Death of Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717) on this day in history.  

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

1794  On July - 17 jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45  

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

1826  On July - 17 joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65  

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1845  Death of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764) on July - 17.  

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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

1864  Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 on July - 17.  

1871  On July - 17 karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29  

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

1878  On July - 17 aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65  

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on this day in history.  

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)  

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.  

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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.