Famous Deaths In October - 07

0290  On this day in history death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated   

0336  Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies on October - 07.   

0929  Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies on October - 07.   

1368  Death of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338) on this day in history.   

1488  On October - 07 andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52   

1553  On October - 07 death of cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500)   

1555  Death of Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488) on October - 07.   

1571  Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle on October - 07.   

1577  On this day in history death of george Gascoigne, English poet   

1612  On October - 07 menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70   

1620  On October - 07 death of stanisÅ‚aw Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547)   

1637  On this day in history death of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)   

1639  On October - 07 john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68   

1651  On October - 07 death of jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)   

1653  Death of Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581) on October - 07.   

1660  On October - 07 paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50   

1681  On this day in history nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61   

1708  Death of Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666) on this day in history.   

1766  On this day in history andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71   

1772  On October - 07 death of john Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)   

1777  Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1780  On October - 07 patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36   

1787  Death of Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711) on this day in history.   

1792  Death of George Mason, American statesman (b. 1725) on October - 07.   

1793  On October - 07 death of wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b. 1718)   

1796  On October - 07 death of thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (b. 1710)   

1800  On this day in history death of gabriel, slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged   

1811  August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 on October - 07.   

1849  Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40 on October - 07.   

1864  On this day in history alexander Gardiner, US Union brig-general, dies in battle   

1887  On October - 07 george James Webb, composer, dies at 84   

1890  John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89 on October - 07.   

1894  On this day in history death of oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809)   

1903  On this day in history death of rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832)   

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1573  William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45) was born on October - 07.   

1576  On this day in history birth of john Marston, English writer (d. 1634)   

1577  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop   

1589  Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.   

1698  On October - 07 birth of henri Madin, composer   

1713  On October - 07 birth of granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)   

1728  Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on October - 07.   

1734  Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana) was born on this day in history.