Famous Deaths Happened In May - 17

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on this day in history.   

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

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.   

1606  Death of Forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered on this day in history.   

1626  Death of Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570) on this day in history.   

1695  On May - 17 cornelis de Heem, painter, dies   

1727  Catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies on May - 17.   

1729  Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies on May - 17.   

1765  On this day in history death of alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713)   

1796  Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89 on May - 17.   

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

1801  Death of William Heberden, English physician (b. 1710) on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history death of john Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745)   

1809  On May - 17 leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies   

1822  On May - 17 death of armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (b. 1766)   

1829  Death of John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745) on this day in history.   

1838  On May - 17 death of charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754)   

1839  Death of Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757) on May - 17.   

1840  Niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57 on May - 17.   

1851  Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31 on May - 17.   

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

1866  Adolf Bernhard Marx, composer, dies at 70 on May - 17.   

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  Death of Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805) on May - 17.   

1883  On May - 17 lydia Estes Pinklham, patent-medicine manufacturer, dies   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.   

1443  On May - 17 birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

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 this day in history.   

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on May - 17.   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on May - 17.   

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