Famous Deaths In December - 17

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

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

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

1187  On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

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

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1651  On December - 17 wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81   

1663  Death of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583) on December - 17.   

1679  Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on December - 17.   

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

1811  John Antes, composer, dies at 71 on December - 17.   

1829  Bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80 on December - 17.   

1830  On this day in history simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia   

1833  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1860  Death of Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 17.   

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83   

1913  On December - 17 stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

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

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

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

1554  On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

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

1619  On this day in history 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.