Famous Deaths 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 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  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched  

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader  

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.  

1531  On this day in history 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.  

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1627  On this day in history 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 this day in history johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29  

1704  Death of Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on this day in history.  

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  On July - 17 peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34  

1763  On this day in history wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45  

1764  On July - 17 johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82  

1790  On July - 17 death of adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)  

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  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1804  On July - 17 christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80  

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

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 July - 17.  

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

1875  On July - 17 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  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.  

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.  

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.  

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer  

1744  On this day in history 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 July - 17.  

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