Famous Deaths Happened In August - 17
Friday, 18 July 2025
0754 On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39
1153 Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on this day in history.
1304 On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
1464 On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies
1510 Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.
1536 On this day in history death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight
1553 Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on August - 17.
1635 On this day in history francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48
1673 Death of Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641) on August - 17.
1676 Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on this day in history.
1681 On August - 17 nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76
1720 On this day in history death of anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654)
1723 Death of Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668) on this day in history.
1730 On August - 17 mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61
1731 Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1768 On August - 17 death of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
1777 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on August - 17.
1785 Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies on this day in history.
1786 On August - 17 frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74
1792 On this day in history jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38
1804 Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies on this day in history.
1834 On August - 17 death of husein GradaÅ¡Äević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802)
1850 Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies on August - 17.
1861 On August - 17 death of alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806)
1865 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1875 On this day in history death of wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827)
1878 On this day in history death of richard Upjohn, US architect, died
1880 On August - 17 ole Bull, composer, dies at 70
1887 Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1888 James Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies on August - 17.
1889 Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42 on this day in history.
1893 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52[NS=8/29] on August - 17.
1896 Death of Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on this day in history.
1898 On this day in history carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56
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