Famous Deaths Happened In September - 17
Monday, 27 October 2025
1179 Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81 on September - 17. 

1312 On September - 17 ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26 

1322 On this day in history 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 Pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies on September - 17. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

1732 Josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40 on September - 17. 

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

1771 Tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 50 on September - 17. 

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 On this day in history abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 

1824 Giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history. 

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 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 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 September - 17. 

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

1873 Death of Alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer (b. 1781) on September - 17. 

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