Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17

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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1253  On this day in history birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

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

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on October - 17.   

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

1623  On this day in history 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  On October - 17 birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen