Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17

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

1174  On this day in history death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on this day in history.   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on October - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630) on this day in history.   

1702  On October - 17 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  On October - 17 arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76   

1776  Death of Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) on this day in history.   

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

1825  On this day in history 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 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 October - 17 gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63   

1889  On October - 17 death of nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828)   

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 October - 17.   

1909  Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44 on October - 17.   

1910  Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91 on October - 17.   

1917  Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1918  On October - 17 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 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 this day in history.   

1941  John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies on October - 17.   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on October - 17.   

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 October - 17.   

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