Famous Deaths Happened In July - 17

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

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

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1588  On this day in history death of sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489)   

1627  Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 July - 17.   

1746  On this day in history anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53   

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  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on July - 17.   

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

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

1791  On this day in history death of martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717)   

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

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  Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65 on July - 17.   

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on July - 17.   

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 July - 17.   

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

1871  Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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

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  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

1744  On this day in history birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.