Famous Deaths In May - 17

1050  On this day in history guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies  

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on this day in history.  

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on this day in history.  

1365  On this day in history death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)  

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on this day in history.  

1464  On May - 17 death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)  

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.  

1521  On May - 17 death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)  

1575  On this day in history matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68  

1591  Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51 on May - 17.  

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1606  On May - 17 death of forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered  

1626  Death of Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570) on May - 17.  

1695  On this day in history cornelis de Heem, painter, dies  

1727  On May - 17 catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies  

1729  Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies on this day in history.  

1765  Death of Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713) on this day in history.  

1796  On this day in history jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89  

1797  Death of Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719) on this day in history.  

1801  On this day in history death of william Heberden, English physician (b. 1710)  

1807  Death of John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745) on this day in history.  

1809  Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies on May - 17.  

1822  Death of Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (b. 1766) on May - 17.  

1829  Death of John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745) on May - 17.  

1838  On this day in history death of charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754)  

1839  On this day in history death of archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757)  

1840  On this day in history niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57  

1851  On May - 17 jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31  

1864  N Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1866  On this day in history adolf Bernhard Marx, composer, dies at 70  

1868  Death of Isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834) on May - 17.  

1872  On May - 17 fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63  

1875  On May - 17 death of john C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)  

1879  On May - 17 death of asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805)  

1883  Lydia Estes Pinklham, patent-medicine manufacturer, dies on this day in history.  

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1155  On May - 17 birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)  

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on this day in history.  

1444  On this day in history birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)  

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.  

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia  

1551  On this day in history birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist  

1551  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)  

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on this day in history.