Famous Deaths Happened In August - 17

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on this day in history.   

1153  On August - 17 death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

1304  On August - 17 death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on August - 17.   

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.   

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on August - 17.   

1553  On this day in history charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1673  Death of Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641) on August - 17.   

1676  Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on August - 17.   

1681  On this day in history nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76   

1720  Death of Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654) on this day in history.   

1723  Death of Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668) on this day in history.   

1730  On this day in history mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61   

1731  On August - 17 johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57   

1768  Death of Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703) on this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54   

1785  Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies on August - 17.   

1786  Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 on August - 17.   

1792  On this day in history jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38   

1804  On this day in history barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies   

1834  On this day in history death of husein Gradaščević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802)   

1850  On this day in history jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies   

1861  Death of Alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806) on this day in history.   

1865  On August - 17 johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82   

1875  On August - 17 death of wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827)   

1878  Death of Richard Upjohn, US architect, died on August - 17.   

1880  On August - 17 ole Bull, composer, dies at 70   

1887  On August - 17 franz Commer, composer, dies at 74   

1888  On this day in history james Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies   

1889  On August - 17 ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42   

1893  Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52[NS=8/29] on August - 17.   

1896  On August - 17 death of bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident   

1898  Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 on August - 17.   

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1473  On August - 17 birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  On August - 17 birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on August - 17.   

1601  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on August - 17.   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on August - 17.   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on August - 17.   

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on this day in history.