Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17

0532  Boniface ii: 1st "german" pope,   

1174  Queen petronila of aragon: Queen petronila of aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  Jan ii: Duke of brabant/limburg (charter of kortenberg),   

1552  Andreas osiander: Protestant reformation theologist,   

1586  Philip sidney: English poet/diplomat,   

1616  John pitts: Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  Gilles claesz de hondecoeter: Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  Adrian scrope: English regicide (b. 1601)   

1673  Thomas clifford: 1st baron clifford of chudleigh, english statesman (b. 1630)   

1702  Walraad the old: Count/soverign of nassau-usingen,   

1757  René antoine ferchault de réaumur: French scientist (b. 1683)   

1763  Arnold hoogvliet: Poet (abraham the patriarch),   

1776  Pierre françois le courayer: French theologian (b. 1681)   

1780  William cookworthy: English chemist (b. 1705)   

1786  Johann ludwig aberli: Swiss artist (b. 1723)   

1806  Jean jacques dessalines: Emperor of haiti,   

1825  Peter winter: Composer,   

1836  Orest kiprensky: Russian painter (b. 1782)   

1837  Johann nepomuk hummel: Austrian composer,   

1849  Frederic f chopin: Polish/french pianist/composer,   

1868  Laura secord: Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775)   

1887  Gustav r kirchhoff: German physicist (spectroscopy),   

1889  Nikolai chernyshevsky: Russian philosopher (b. 1828)   

1890  Prosper philippe catherine sainton: Composer,   

1897  Isidor dannstrom: Composer,   

1904  Nikolai amani: Composer,   

1909  Nicola spinelli: Composer,   

1910  Julia ward howe: Composer (battle hymn of republic),   

1917  Maria j "marie" bakker: Actress/wife of maarten stranger,   

1918  Gordon white: Cricketer (ww i superb s african batsman 1905-12),   

1921  Katherine griffith: Actress (pollyanna),   

1931  Alfons maria jakob: German neurologist (b. 1884)   

1934  Santiago ramón y cajal: Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the nobel prize in physiology or medicine (b. 1852)   

1941  John s plaskett: Canadian astronomer (plaskett's twins),   

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1253  Ivo of kermartin: ]])   

1563  Jodocus hondius: Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  Cristofano allori: Italian painter (judith)   

1582  Johann gerhard: German lutheran leader   

1623  Francis turretin: Swiss theologian   

1626  Simon van leeuwen: Lawyer/historian (roman-holland regt)   

1688  Domenico zipoli: Composer   

1696  August iii: King of poland/monarch frederik august ii of saksen