Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17
Friday, 18 April 2025
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 December - 17.
0942 On December - 17 death of william Longsword
1187 Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on December - 17.
1195 On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies
1213 Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1273 On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)
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 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 On this day in history 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 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62 on December - 17.
1811 John Antes, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
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 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 December - 17.
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 Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on December - 17.
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 Death of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836) on December - 17.
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 December - 17.
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