Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17
Tuesday, 09 December 2025
0532 On this day in history boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies 

1174 Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on October - 17. 

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

1552 On this day in history andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 

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 October - 17. 

1638 Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on this day in history. 

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 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 October - 17. 

1780 Death of William Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705) on October - 17. 

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

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

1825 On October - 17 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 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 this day in history. 

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 On October - 17 isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84 

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

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

1910 On this day in history 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 On this day in history gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies 

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

1931 Death of Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884) on this day in history. 

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 On October - 17 john S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies 

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