Famous Deaths In July - 17

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on July - 17.   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

1531  Death of Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484) on July - 17.   

1571  Death of Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516) on this day in history.   

1588  On July - 17 death of sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489)   

1627  Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1645  Death of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

1682  Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1704  On this day in history death of pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer   

1709  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1746  Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 on July - 17.   

1753  On this day in history andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies   

1762  On this day in history peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34   

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on July - 17.   

1764  On this day in history johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82   

1790  On July - 17 death of adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)   

1791  On July - 17 death of martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717)   

1793  Death of Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on this day in history.   

1794  On July - 17 jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45   

1804  On this day in history christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80   

1826  On this day in history joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65   

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on July - 17.   

1845  Death of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764) on this day in history.   

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on July - 17.   

1863  On this day in history james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35   

1864  Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 on July - 17.   

1871  On July - 17 karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29   

1875  Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 on July - 17.   

1878  On this day in history aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on this day in history.   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on July - 17.   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader