Famous Deaths In October - 17

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on this day in history.  

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

1312  On October - 17 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  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)  

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 this day in history death of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630)  

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

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

1763  On October - 17 arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76  

1776  Death of Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) on October - 17.  

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

1825  On October - 17 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  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 October - 17.  

1889  Death of Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828) on October - 17.  

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

1897  On this day in history isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84  

1904  Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59  

1918  On October - 17 gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies  

1921  On October - 17 katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45  

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

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

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

1626  On this day in history birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)  

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

1696  On this day in history birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen