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 October - 07.   

0929  Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies on this day in history.   

1368  On October - 07 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 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 October - 07.   

1577  Death of George Gascoigne, English poet on this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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 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  On this day in history death of george Mason, American statesman (b. 1725)   

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  Death of Gabriel, slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged on October - 07.   

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

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

1890  On October - 07 john Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89   

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  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 this day in history.   

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  Henri Madin, composer was born on October - 07.   

1713  On this day in history birth of granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)   

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 this day in history.