Famous Deaths Happened In August - 17
Thursday, 10 July 2025
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 GradaÅ¡Äević, 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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