Famous Deaths In September - 17

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

1312  Ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26 on September - 17.  

1322  Death of Robert III of Flanders (b. 1249) on September - 17.  

1422  On September - 17 death of constantine II of Bulgaria  

1563  Death of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier on this day in history.  

1574  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies on September - 17.  

1575  Death of Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504) on this day in history.  

1604  On September - 17 lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69  

1621  Death of Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542) on this day in history.  

1630  On September - 17 death of thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567)  

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1652  On this day in history bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69  

1665  On this day in history philip IV, King of Spain (1621-55), dies  

1676  On this day in history death of sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (b. 1626)  

1679  Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50 on September - 17.  

1702  On September - 17 olof Rudbeck, composer, dies at 71  

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

1732  On this day in history josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40  

1762  Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer, dies at 74 on September - 17.  

1771  On September - 17 tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 50  

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

1808  On this day in history death of benjamin Bourne, American politician (b. 1755)  

1820  Henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76 on September - 17.  

1823  Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

1836  Death of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748) on September - 17.  

1839  On this day in history ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies  

1846  On this day in history francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84  

1858  On September - 17 dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies  

1862  On September - 17 lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41  

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

1864  Walter Savage Landor, author, dies on this day in history.  

1868  Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies on September - 17.  

1869  Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies on September - 17.  

1873  Death of Alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer (b. 1781) on this day in history.  

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1192  Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219) was born on September - 17.  

1271  Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305) was born on this day in history.  

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  On September - 17 birth of charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange  

1605  On this day in history birth of francesco Sacrati, composer  

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

1630  On this day in history birth of ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)