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 this day in history.  

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.  

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

1345  On July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched  

1453  On this day in history death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader  

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 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 July - 17.  

1645  Death of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on this day in history.  

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

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

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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

1793  Death of Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on this day in history.  

1794  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45 on July - 17.  

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  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  On July - 17 daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29  

1871  On this day in history karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29  

1875  On July - 17 gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77  

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 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  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer  

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering  

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.