Famous Deaths In September - 17

1179  On September - 17 hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81  

1312  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier  

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

1575  On this day in history death of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504)  

1604  Lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1621  On this day in history death of robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542)  

1630  Death of Thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567) on September - 17.  

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

1665  On September - 17 philip IV, King of Spain (1621-55), dies  

1676  On September - 17 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 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 this day in history 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  Henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76 on September - 17.  

1823  Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 on September - 17.  

1824  On September - 17 giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91  

1836  On this day in history death of antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748)  

1839  Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies on September - 17.  

1846  On September - 17 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  On September - 17 albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies  

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

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

1869  Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1271  On this day in history birth of wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)  

1550  On this day in history birth of pope Paul V (d. 1621)  

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  Francesco Sacrati, composer was born on this day in history.  

1619  John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader was born on September - 17.  

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