Famous Deaths In October - 07

0290  On October - 07 death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated  

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

0929  Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies on this day in history.  

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  Death of Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500) on this day in history.  

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

1571  Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle on October - 07.  

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

1612  Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70 on October - 07.  

1620  Death of Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547) on October - 07.  

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

1639  On this day in history john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68  

1651  On this day in history death of jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)  

1653  Death of Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581) on October - 07.  

1660  On this day in history paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50  

1681  On this day in history nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61  

1708  On this day in history death of guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666)  

1766  Andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71 on October - 07.  

1772  Death of John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720) on October - 07.  

1777  Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle on October - 07.  

1780  On this day in history patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36  

1787  Death of Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711) on October - 07.  

1792  On October - 07 death of george Mason, American statesman (b. 1725)  

1793  On October - 07 death of wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b. 1718)  

1796  On October - 07 death of thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (b. 1710)  

1800  Death of Gabriel, slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged on this day in history.  

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

1849  On October - 07 edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40  

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  On this day in history john Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89  

1894  Death of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809) on October - 07.  

1903  Death of Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832) on this day in history.  

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1573  William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45) was born on October - 07.  

1576  John Marston, English writer (d. 1634) was born on October - 07.  

1577  Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop was born on October - 07.  

1589  On this day in history birth of maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)  

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 October - 07 birth of caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1734  On this day in history birth of ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana)