Famous Deaths In July - 17

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

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

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

1571  On July - 17 death of georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)  

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

1627  On July - 17 lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67  

1645  On this day in history death of robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician  

1682  Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29 on July - 17.  

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 July - 17.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on July - 17.  

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 July - 17.  

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

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

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1487  On July - 17 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 July - 17.  

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.  

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.  

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.  

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 July - 17.  

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.