Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17

0532  On October - 17 boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

1174  On this day in history death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on this day in history.   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  On October - 17 death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on this day in history.   

1673  Death of Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630) on this day in history.   

1702  On October - 17 walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies   

1757  On October - 17 death of rené Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)   

1763  Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76 on October - 17.   

1776  On October - 17 death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)   

1780  Death of William Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705) on October - 17.   

1786  On October - 17 death of johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723)   

1806  Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies on October - 17.   

1825  On October - 17 peter Winter, composer, dies at 71   

1836  Death of Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782) on this day in history.   

1837  Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 on October - 17.   

1849  On this day in history frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39   

1868  On October - 17 death of laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775)   

1887  Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history death of nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828)   

1890  On October - 17 prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77   

1897  Isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32   

1909  Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44 on October - 17.   

1910  On this day in history julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91   

1917  Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 on October - 17.   

1918  Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies on this day in history.   

1921  Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1931  On October - 17 death of alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884)   

1934  Death of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1852) on October - 17.   

1941  John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies on this day in history.   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on this day in history.   

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on October - 17.   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On October - 17 birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on this day in history.   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1696  On October - 17 birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen