Famous Deaths In July - 17

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.   

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  On July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  On this day in history death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.   

1571  On July - 17 death of georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)   

1588  Death of Sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489) on July - 17.   

1627  On this day in history lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67   

1645  Death of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on July - 17.   

1682  Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29 on July - 17.   

1704  Death of Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on July - 17.   

1709  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on July - 17.   

1746  On this day in history anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53   

1753  Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies on July - 17.   

1762  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45   

1764  Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1790  Death of Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1791  Death of Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717) on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history death of charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined   

1794  On this day in history jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45   

1804  On this day in history christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80   

1826  On July - 17 joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65   

1838  On July - 17 john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82   

1845  On this day in history death of charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)   

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on July - 17.   

1863  On this day in history james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35   

1864  Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1871  On July - 17 karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29   

1875  On July - 17 gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77   

1878  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 on July - 17.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader