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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on this day in history.   

1616  On October - 17 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  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1763  On this day in history arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76   

1776  On this day in history death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)   

1780  On this day in history death of william Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705)   

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

1806  Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies on October - 17.   

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

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

1837  Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history 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  On this day in history gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63   

1889  On this day in history death of nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828)   

1890  On October - 17 prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77   

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  On this day in history julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91   

1917  On October - 17 maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59   

1918  On this day in history gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies   

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

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 October - 17.   

1941  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on this day in history.   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on October - 17.