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 October - 07.  

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  Death of Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500) on October - 07.  

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  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 October - 07.  

1653  Death of Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581) on October - 07.  

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

1681  Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1708  On this day in history death of guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666)  

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

1772  Death of John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720) on October - 07.  

1777  Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1800  Death of Gabriel, slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged on this day in history.  

1811  On this day in history 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  On October - 07 alexander Gardiner, US Union brig-general, dies in battle  

1887  On October - 07 george James Webb, composer, dies at 84  

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

1894  Death of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809) on this day in history.  

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