Famous Deaths In October - 07

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

0336  On October - 07 marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies  

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

1368  On this day in history 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  Death of Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488) on this day in history.  

1571  On October - 07 ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle  

1577  Death of George Gascoigne, English poet on this day in history.  

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

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1620  On October - 07 death of stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547)  

1637  Death of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587) on this day in history.  

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

1651  Death of Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559) on October - 07.  

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 October - 07 nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61  

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 October - 07 death of john Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)  

1777  On October - 07 simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle  

1780  Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 on this day in history.  

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

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

1793  On this day in history death of wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b. 1718)  

1796  Death of Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (b. 1710) on October - 07.  

1800  Death of Gabriel, slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged on October - 07.  

1811  August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1849  On this day in history 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 October - 07 george James Webb, composer, dies at 84  

1890  On October - 07 john Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89  

1894  On this day in history death of oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809)  

1903  On this day in history death of rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832)  

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1573  On this day in history birth of william Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)  

1576  On October - 07 birth of john Marston, English writer (d. 1634)  

1577  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop  

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

1698  On this day in history birth of henri Madin, composer  

1713  Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.  

1728  On October - 07 birth of caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1734  On October - 07 birth of ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana)