Famous Deaths In September - 17

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

1312  On this day in history ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26  

1322  On September - 17 death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)  

1422  On September - 17 death of constantine II of Bulgaria  

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

1574  On this day in history pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies  

1575  Death of Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504) on September - 17.  

1604  On this day in history lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69  

1621  Death of Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542) on September - 17.  

1630  On this day in history death of thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567)  

1652  On September - 17 bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69  

1665  Philip IV, King of Spain (1621-55), dies on this day in history.  

1676  Death of Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (b. 1626) on this day in history.  

1679  On this day in history juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50  

1702  Olof Rudbeck, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1727  Death of Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman (b. 1647) on this day in history.  

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

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  On September - 17 franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies  

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  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  On September - 17 death of antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748)  

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

1846  On September - 17 francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84  

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

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

1863  On this day in history albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies  

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

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

1550  Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on September - 17.  

1552  Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on this day in history.  

1580  On September - 17 birth of charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange  

1605  On September - 17 birth of francesco Sacrati, composer  

1619  John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader was born on this day in history.  

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