Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on this day in history.   

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 October - 17.   

1586  On October - 17 philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

1616  On October - 17 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  On this day in history death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)   

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  On this day in history death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)   

1780  On this day in history death of william Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705)   

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

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

1825  Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1837  Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1849  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on October - 17.   

1868  Death of Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775) on this day in history.   

1887  On October - 17 gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63   

1889  Death of Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828) on October - 17.   

1890  On this day in history prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77   

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

1904  Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32 on October - 17.   

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

1910  Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1917  On October - 17 maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59   

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  Death of Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884) on this day in history.   

1934  On October - 17 death of 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), 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  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on October - 17.   

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

1623  On October - 17 birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

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

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

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on October - 17.