Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

0535  On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.   

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  On December - 17 boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies   

1562  Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82 on December - 17.   

1651  Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81 on December - 17.   

1663  Death of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583) on this day in history.   

1679  On December - 17 don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies   

1711  On December - 17 arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies   

1721  Death of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640) on December - 17.   

1751  On this day in history kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62   

1811  On this day in history john Antes, composer, dies at 71   

1829  On this day in history bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80   

1830  On December - 17 simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia   

1833  On December - 17 death of kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21   

1847  Death of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791) on December - 17.   

1860  On this day in history death of désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777)   

1870  Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62   

1891  On December - 17 msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle   

1893  Levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle   

1907  Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 on December - 17.   

1913  Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1916  Death of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on December - 17.   

1917  On December - 17 death of elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836)   

1925  On this day in history a N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies   

1926  On December - 17 alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70   

1930  On this day in history peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36   

1933  On this day in history hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.   

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  On December - 17 birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.