Famous Deaths In October - 07

0290  Death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated on this day in history.  

0336  Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies on October - 07.  

0929  Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies on October - 07.  

1368  On October - 07 death of lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338)  

1488  On this day in history andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52  

1553  On this day in history death of cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500)  

1555  On October - 07 death of louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)  

1571  Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1577  Death of George Gascoigne, English poet on October - 07.  

1612  On this day in history menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70  

1620  On this day in history death of stanisÅ‚aw Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547)  

1637  Death of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587) on October - 07.  

1639  On October - 07 john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68  

1651  On October - 07 death of jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)  

1653  On this day in history death of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581)  

1660  Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1681  Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1708  On October - 07 death of guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666)  

1766  On this day in history andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71  

1772  On this day in history death of john Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)  

1777  On this day in history simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle  

1780  Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 on October - 07.  

1787  On this day in history death of henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711)  

1792  Death of George Mason, American statesman (b. 1725) on October - 07.  

1793  Death of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1796  On this day in history death of thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (b. 1710)  

1800  On October - 07 death of gabriel, slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged  

1811  On this day in history august R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68  

1849  Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40 on October - 07.  

1864  Alexander Gardiner, US Union brig-general, dies in battle on October - 07.  

1887  On this day in history george James Webb, composer, dies at 84  

1890  John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1894  Death of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809) on this day in history.  

1903  On October - 07 death of rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832)  

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1573  William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45) was born on this day in history.  

1576  John Marston, English writer (d. 1634) was born on this day in history.  

1577  Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop was born on this day in history.  

1589  Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.  

1698  Henri Madin, composer was born on this day in history.  

1713  On October - 07 birth of granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)  

1728  On this day in history birth of caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1734  Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana) was born on October - 07.