Famous Deaths In September - 17

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

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

1322  Death of Robert III of Flanders (b. 1249) on this day in history.  

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  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 September - 17 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 September - 17.  

1679  Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50 on September - 17.  

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  Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

1803  Franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1808  Death of Benjamin Bourne, American politician (b. 1755) on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84  

1858  On this day in history dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies  

1862  On September - 17 lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41  

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

1869  Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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)