Famous Deaths In September - 17

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

1312  Ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26 on September - 17.  

1322  On September - 17 death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)  

1422  Death of Constantine II of Bulgaria on September - 17.  

1563  Death of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier on this day in history.  

1574  On this day in history pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies  

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

1604  On this day in history lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69  

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

1630  Death of Thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567) on this day in history.  

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1652  On September - 17 bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69  

1665  On this day in history philip IV, King of Spain (1621-55), dies  

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

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  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 this day in history franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies  

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  On September - 17 abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76  

1824  On this day in history giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91  

1836  Death of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748) on September - 17.  

1839  Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies on September - 17.  

1846  Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

1862  On this day in history lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41  

1863  On September - 17 albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies  

1864  On this day in history walter Savage Landor, author, dies  

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

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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1192  On this day in history birth of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)  

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

1550  Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on September - 17.  

1552  On September - 17 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 September - 17 birth of john Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader  

1630  Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694) was born on September - 17.