Famous Deaths In September - 17

1179  Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81 on September - 17.  

1312  On September - 17 ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26  

1322  On this day in history death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)  

1422  Death of Constantine II of Bulgaria on September - 17.  

1563  On September - 17 death of henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier  

1574  On September - 17 pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies  

1575  On September - 17 death of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504)  

1604  Lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69 on September - 17.  

1621  On September - 17 death of robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542)  

1630  Death of Thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567) on this day in history.  

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1652  Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1665  Philip IV, King of Spain (1621-55), dies on September - 17.  

1676  Death of Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (b. 1626) on September - 17.  

1679  Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1702  On this day in history olof Rudbeck, composer, dies at 71  

1727  On this day in history death of glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman (b. 1647)  

1732  Josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1762  On September - 17 francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer, dies at 74  

1771  On this day in history tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 50  

1803  Franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1808  On September - 17 death of benjamin Bourne, American politician (b. 1755)  

1820  On this day in history henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76  

1823  On this day in history abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76  

1824  Giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91 on September - 17.  

1836  Death of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748) on this day in history.  

1839  Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies on this day in history.  

1846  Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84 on September - 17.  

1858  Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on this day in history.  

1862  Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1863  Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies on September - 17.  

1864  On this day in history walter Savage Landor, author, dies  

1868  On this day in history roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies  

1869  On September - 17 peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies  

1873  On this day in history death of alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer (b. 1781)  

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1192  On September - 17 birth of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)  

1271  Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305) was born on September - 17.  

1550  Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.  

1552  On September - 17 birth of paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21)  

1580  Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.  

1605  On September - 17 birth of francesco Sacrati, composer  

1619  On this day in history birth of john Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader  

1630  Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694) was born on September - 17.