Famous Deaths In July - 17

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.  

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

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  On July - 17 death of pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer  

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  On July - 17 andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies  

1762  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on July - 17.  

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

1764  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1793  On July - 17 death of charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined  

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 July - 17.  

1864  On July - 17 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 this day in history.  

1878  On July - 17 aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65  

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah  

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

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)  

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  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.  

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