Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17
Saturday, 25 October 2025
0532 Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on October - 17. 

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

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 On October - 17 philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 

1616 Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on October - 17. 

1638 On October - 17 death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 

1660 On October - 17 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 Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) 

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

1786 Death of Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723) on this day in history. 

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

1825 On October - 17 peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 

1836 On October - 17 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 this day in history. 

1868 Death of Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775) on October - 17. 

1887 On this day in history gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63 

1889 On October - 17 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 this day in history nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32 

1909 Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history. 

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 Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies on this day in history. 

1921 On this day in history 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 October - 17. 

1941 On this day in history john S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies 

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »
Hisdates•Com