Famous Deaths In October - 07

0290  On this day in history death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated  

0336  Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies on this day in history.  

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

1368  Death of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338) on this day in history.  

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 October - 07.  

1555  Death of Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488) on this day in history.  

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

1577  On this day in history death of george Gascoigne, English poet  

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

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

1637  On this day in history death of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)  

1639  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68 on October - 07.  

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

1653  Death of Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581) on this day in history.  

1660  Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50 on October - 07.  

1681  Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61 on October - 07.  

1708  On this day in history 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  Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1792  On this day in history 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 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 October - 07 august R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68  

1849  On this day in history edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40  

1864  On October - 07 alexander Gardiner, US Union brig-general, dies in battle  

1887  George James Webb, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

1894  On October - 07 death of oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1577  On October - 07 birth of ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop  

1589  On this day in history 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  On October - 07 birth of ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana)