Famous Deaths In July - 17

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.  

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies  

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies  

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  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 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 this day in history.  

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  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

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

1764  Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 on July - 17.  

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  On this day in history death of charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1487  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader