Famous Deaths Happened In July - 17

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on July - 17.   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

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

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  On July - 17 edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  On this day in history death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)   

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

1588  Death of Sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

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

1645  On July - 17 death of robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician   

1682  On this day in history johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29   

1704  Death of Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on July - 17.   

1709  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on July - 17.   

1746  On this day in history anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53   

1753  Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies on this day in history.   

1762  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on July - 17.   

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

1764  Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1791  Death of Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717) on July - 17.   

1793  Death of Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on July - 17.   

1794  On this day in history jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45   

1804  On July - 17 christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80   

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

1838  On this day in history john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82   

1845  On July - 17 death of charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)   

1851  On July - 17 beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1878  On July - 17 aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65   

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1487  On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

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

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.   

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

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader