Famous Deaths In May - 17

1050  On May - 17 guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on this day in history.   

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on this day in history.   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on May - 17.   

1464  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on May - 17.   

1575  Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1591  Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history death of forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered   

1626  On this day in history death of juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)   

1695  On this day in history cornelis de Heem, painter, dies   

1727  On May - 17 catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies   

1729  Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies on May - 17.   

1765  On May - 17 death of alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713)   

1796  Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89 on May - 17.   

1797  On May - 17 death of michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)   

1801  On this day in history death of william Heberden, English physician (b. 1710)   

1807  Death of John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745) on May - 17.   

1809  Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history death of armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (b. 1766)   

1829  On May - 17 death of john Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)   

1838  On this day in history death of charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754)   

1839  On this day in history death of archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757)   

1840  On this day in history niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57   

1851  Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31 on May - 17.   

1864  On May - 17 n Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59   

1866  Adolf Bernhard Marx, composer, dies at 70 on May - 17.   

1868  On this day in history death of isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834)   

1872  On this day in history fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63   

1875  On this day in history death of john C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)   

1879  Death of Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history lydia Estes Pinklham, patent-medicine manufacturer, dies   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.   

1443  On May - 17 birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  On this day in history birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.   

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on May - 17.   

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.