Famous Deaths In July - 17

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

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 July - 17.  

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

1345  On this day in history 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 July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies  

1531  On this day in history death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)  

1571  Death of Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516) on this day in history.  

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

1682  On July - 17 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 this day in history.  

1746  On July - 17 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 this day in history peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34  

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

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

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

1794  On July - 17 jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45  

1804  On this day in history 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  On July - 17 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  On July - 17 james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35  

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  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 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 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  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education  

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader