Famous Deaths In October - 07

0290  On October - 07 death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated  

0336  On this day in history marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies  

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

1368  On this day in history death of lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338)  

1488  On October - 07 andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52  

1553  On October - 07 death of cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500)  

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

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

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

1637  Death of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587) on this day in history.  

1639  On October - 07 john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68  

1651  Death of Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559) on this day in history.  

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 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  Death of John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720) on this day in history.  

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  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 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 October - 07.  

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  On this day in history george James Webb, composer, dies at 84  

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

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

1903  On October - 07 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  On this day in history birth of john Marston, English writer (d. 1634)  

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

1589  Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631) was born on October - 07.  

1698  Henri Madin, composer was born on October - 07.  

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)