Famous Deaths In October - 07

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

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

0929  Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies on October - 07.   

1368  On October - 07 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 October - 07.   

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

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

1612  Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70 on October - 07.   

1620  On this day in history death of stanisÅ‚aw Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547)   

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  On this day in history 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 October - 07.   

1708  Death of Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666) on October - 07.   

1766  On October - 07 andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71   

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

1787  Death of Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711) on October - 07.   

1792  Death of George Mason, American statesman (b. 1725) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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  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  John Marston, English writer (d. 1634) was born on October - 07.   

1577  On October - 07 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 October - 07 birth of henri Madin, composer   

1713  On October - 07 birth of granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)   

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)