Famous Deaths In September - 17

1179  Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1312  On September - 17 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1630  On this day in history 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  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 September - 17.  

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

1732  On September - 17 josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40  

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  On September - 17 franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies  

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

1820  On September - 17 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  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  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  Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies on this day in history.  

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

1868  Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies  

1873  On September - 17 death of alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer (b. 1781)  

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1192  Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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