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 May - 17.   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on May - 17.   

1464  On this day in history 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  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on this day in history.   

1575  Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 17 death of juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)   

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

1727  On this day in history catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies   

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

1765  Death of Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713) on May - 17.   

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

1797  On this day in history death of michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)   

1801  Death of William Heberden, English physician (b. 1710) on May - 17.   

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

1809  Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history death of armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (b. 1766)   

1829  On May - 17 death of john Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)   

1838  Death of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754) on May - 17.   

1839  On May - 17 death of archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757)   

1840  On May - 17 niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57   

1851  Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1864  On May - 17 n Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59   

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

1868  On this day in history death of isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834)   

1872  Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

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

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.   

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

1490  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1568  On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer