Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.   

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

0942  On this day in history death of william Longsword   

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  On this day in history death of nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)   

1679  Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on this day in history.   

1711  Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies on December - 17.   

1721  Death of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

1751  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62 on December - 17.   

1811  On December - 17 john Antes, composer, dies at 71   

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

1830  Simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia on this day in history.   

1833  Death of Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21 on December - 17.   

1847  On December - 17 death of archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791)   

1860  Death of Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777) on December - 17.   

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  On this day in history levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71   

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 this day in history.   

1913  Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on December - 17.   

1916  On December - 17 death of grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

1917  Death of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836) on December - 17.   

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

1926  On this day in history alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70   

1930  Peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1933  Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.   

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

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.   

1632  On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.