Famous Deaths In October - 17

0532  On this day in history 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  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

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 this day in history death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on October - 17.   

1673  Death of Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630) on October - 17.   

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

1757  Death of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683) on October - 17.   

1763  On October - 17 arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76   

1776  Death of Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) on October - 17.   

1780  On October - 17 death of william Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705)   

1786  Death of Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies   

1825  Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 on October - 17.   

1836  On this day in history death of orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)   

1837  On this day in history johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58   

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 October - 17 death of nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828)   

1890  Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84   

1904  Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1909  On October - 17 nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44   

1910  On October - 17 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 this day in history.   

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 October - 17.   

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on this day in history.   

1577  On October - 17 birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

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

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on October - 17.   

1626  On October - 17 birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  On this day in history birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  On this day in history birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen