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  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  On this day in history death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

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 May - 17.   

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

1575  Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68 on May - 17.   

1591  On May - 17 jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51   

1606  On this day in history death of forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered   

1626  On May - 17 death of juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)   

1695  Cornelis de Heem, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1765  On May - 17 death of alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713)   

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

1797  On May - 17 death of michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)   

1801  On May - 17 death of william Heberden, English physician (b. 1710)   

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

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

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

1864  On this day in history n Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59   

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  Death of John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1879  Death of Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history 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  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on May - 17.   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 17.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

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.