Famous Deaths Happened 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 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  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 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 October - 07 menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70   

1620  Death of StanisÅ‚aw Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547) on this day in history.   

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

1653  On October - 07 death of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581)   

1660  On October - 07 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  Death of Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666) on this day in history.   

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

1787  On October - 07 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 this day in history.   

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

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  August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 on October - 07.   

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  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 October - 07.   

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

1589  On October - 07 birth of maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)   

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  Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

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