Famous Deaths In October - 07

0290  Death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated on October - 07.  

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

0929  On October - 07 charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies  

1368  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1553  On October - 07 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  Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1620  On this day in history 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 this day in history john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68  

1651  On October - 07 death of jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)  

1653  On this day in history death of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581)  

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

1772  On this day in history death of john Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)  

1777  On this day in history simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle  

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

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  Death of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b. 1718) on October - 07.  

1796  On this day in history death of thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (b. 1710)  

1800  On this day in history 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 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 October - 07 george James Webb, composer, dies at 84  

1890  John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89 on October - 07.  

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

1903  Death of Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832) on October - 07.  

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

1576  On this day in history birth of john Marston, English writer (d. 1634)  

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  On this day in history birth of henri Madin, composer  

1713  Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759) was born on October - 07.  

1728  Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.  

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