Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17

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  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

1586  On this day in history philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

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  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on October - 17.   

1673  On this day in history death of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630)   

1702  On this day in history walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies   

1757  On October - 17 death of rené Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)   

1763  Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76 on October - 17.   

1776  On October - 17 death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)   

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

1786  On October - 17 death of johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723)   

1806  On October - 17 jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies   

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

1836  Death of Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782) on October - 17.   

1837  On October - 17 johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58   

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

1868  Death of Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775) on this day in history.   

1887  Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63 on October - 17.   

1889  Death of Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828) on this day in history.   

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  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  Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 on October - 17.   

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

1921  Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1931  Death of Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884) on October - 17.   

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  John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies on October - 17.   

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1253  On October - 17 birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  On this day in history 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  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  On October - 17 birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

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