Famous Deaths Happened In August - 17
Sunday, 06 July 2025
0754 Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.
1153 On this day in history death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)
1304 Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on this day in history.
1464 Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on this day in history.
1510 Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.
1536 On this day in history death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight
1553 Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history 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 Death of Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703) on this day in history.
1777 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1785 Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies on this day in history.
1786 On this day in history 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 August - 17.
1834 Death of Husein GradaÅ¡Äević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802) on this day in history.
1850 On this day in history jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies
1861 On this day in history death of alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806)
1865 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1875 Death of Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827) on August - 17.
1878 On August - 17 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 this day in history.
1889 Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42 on August - 17.
1893 On this day in history aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52[NS=8/29]
1896 Death of Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on August - 17.
1898 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
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