Famous Deaths Happened In July - 17

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

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

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.   

1571  On this day in history death of georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)   

1588  On July - 17 death of sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489)   

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  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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1763  On July - 17 wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45   

1764  Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1804  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1863  On this day in history james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35   

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  On this day in history gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77   

1878  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history 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 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.