Famous Deaths In September - 17

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

1312  Ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

1322  On this day in history death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)  

1422  Death of Constantine II of Bulgaria on this day in history.  

1563  Death of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier on September - 17.  

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  Death of Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542) on this day in history.  

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

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1652  Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

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 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 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 this day in history 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 September - 17.  

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

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  Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84 on September - 17.  

1858  Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on September - 17.  

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  Walter Savage Landor, author, dies on September - 17.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1552  Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on September - 17.  

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

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)