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  On October - 07 charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies   

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

1488  Andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52 on October - 07.   

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

1555  On this day in history death of louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)   

1571  On this day in history ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle   

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

1612  On October - 07 menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70   

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

1637  On October - 07 death of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)   

1639  On October - 07 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  On October - 07 death of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581)   

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

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

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

1766  Andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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  On October - 07 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 07.   

1849  Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40 on this day in history.   

1864  Alexander Gardiner, US Union brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1887  George James Webb, composer, dies at 84 on October - 07.   

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

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1573  On October - 07 birth of william Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)   

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 October - 07 birth of maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)   

1698  On October - 07 birth of henri Madin, composer   

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

1728  Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on October - 07.   

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