Famous Deaths In October - 17

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

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

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 October - 17.  

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

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

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

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

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  

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

1763  Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76 on October - 17.  

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 October - 17.  

1806  Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies on October - 17.  

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

1836  Death of Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782) on October - 17.  

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

1889  Death of Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828) on this day in history.  

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

1897  Isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84 on October - 17.  

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  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  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  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 October - 17.  

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

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on October - 17.  

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on this day in history.  

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on October - 17.  

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.  

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

1688  On October - 17 birth of domenico Zipoli, composer  

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