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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1679  On September - 17 juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50  

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

1727  Death of Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman (b. 1647) on September - 17.  

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

1803  On September - 17 franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies  

1808  Death of Benjamin Bourne, American politician (b. 1755) on September - 17.  

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 September - 17.  

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 September - 17.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1271  On September - 17 birth of wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)  

1550  On September - 17 birth of pope Paul V (d. 1621)  

1552  On this day in history birth of paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21)  

1580  Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange was born on September - 17.  

1605  Francesco Sacrati, composer was born on September - 17.  

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

1630  On September - 17 birth of ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)