Famous Deaths In September - 17

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

1312  On September - 17 ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26   

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

1422  On this day in history death of constantine II of Bulgaria   

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

1604  Lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1621  On September - 17 death of robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542)   

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

1652  Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69 on September - 17.   

1665  Philip IV, King of Spain (1621-55), dies on September - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40   

1762  Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer, dies at 74 on September - 17.   

1771  On this day in history tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 50   

1803  On September - 17 franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies   

1808  On September - 17 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  Giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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  Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history 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  On this day in history walter Savage Landor, author, dies   

1868  On this day in history roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies   

1869  Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies on September - 17.   

1873  On this day in history death of alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer (b. 1781)   

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1192  Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219) was born on September - 17.   

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  Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on September - 17.   

1580  Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history birth of francesco Sacrati, composer   

1619  John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader was born on this day in history.   

1630  On this day in history birth of ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)