Famous Deaths In October - 17

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on October - 17.  

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

1312  On October - 17 jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies  

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

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.  

1616  On October - 17 death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)  

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on October - 17.  

1660  On October - 17 death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)  

1673  On October - 17 death of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630)  

1702  Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies on October - 17.  

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1757  Death of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683) on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of william Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705)  

1786  Death of Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723) on October - 17.  

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

1825  On this day in history peter Winter, composer, dies at 71  

1836  On October - 17 death of orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)  

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

1849  On October - 17 frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39  

1868  On this day in history death of laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775)  

1887  Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63 on October - 17.  

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 October - 17 isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84  

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

1909  Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1921  On this day in history katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45  

1931  On this day in history death of alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884)  

1934  On this day in history 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 October - 17.  

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

1563  On this day in history birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer  

1577  On this day in history birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)  

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.  

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  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on October - 17.  

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on this day in history.