Famous Deaths In December - 17

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

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  Death of William Longsword on December - 17.   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.   

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

1213  On this day in history jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.   

1562  On December - 17 adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82   

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  Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1829  On December - 17 bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80   

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

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

1847  On this day in history 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  On this day in history giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75   

1881  Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on December - 17.   

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

1893  On December - 17 levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71   

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on December - 17.   

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

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

1916  Death of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history death of elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836)   

1925  On December - 17 a N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies   

1926  Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70 on December - 17.   

1930  Peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36 on December - 17.   

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

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

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on December - 17.   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.   

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  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer