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 October - 17.  

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on this day in history.  

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)  

1638  On October - 17 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 this day in history.  

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

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1757  On this day in history death of rené Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)  

1763  Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1776  Death of Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) on this day in history.  

1780  Death of William Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705) on this day in history.  

1786  On this day in history death of johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723)  

1806  Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies on this day in history.  

1825  Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 on October - 17.  

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

1837  On this day in history johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58  

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

1868  On October - 17 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  On this day in history death of nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828)  

1890  Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

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

1909  On October - 17 nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44  

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 this day in history.  

1918  Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies on October - 17.  

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 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 October - 17.  

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on October - 17.  

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on October - 17.  

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

1696  On October - 17 birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen