Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17

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

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

1312  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1616  Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on this day in history.   

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

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  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  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 October - 17 jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1868  Death of Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775) on October - 17.   

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

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

1904  On October - 17 nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32   

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

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

1917  On this day in history 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  On October - 17 katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45   

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

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  On this day in history john S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on October - 17.   

1563  On October - 17 birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

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 October - 17.   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on October - 17.   

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