Famous Deaths Happened In June - 17

0656  Death of Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered on June - 17.   

0676  Adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies on this day in history.   

0855  Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies on this day in history.   

1091  On June - 17 dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies   

1119  Boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies on this day in history.   

1463  On June - 17 death of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436)   

1501  On this day in history jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies   

1565  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

1672  Orazio Benevoli, Italian composer, dies at 67 on June - 17.   

1678  On June - 17 giacomo Torelli, composer, dies at 69   

1694  Death of Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic Cardinal (b. 1629) on June - 17.   

1696  Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies at 72 on June - 17.   

1719  Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47 on June - 17.   

1734  On this day in history duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle   

1740  Death of Sir William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687) on June - 17.   

1762  On June - 17 death of prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674)   

1775  On June - 17 death of major John Pitcairn, British marine (killed in battle) (b. 1722)   

1797  Death of Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed on June - 17.   

1813  Death of Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (b. 1726) on this day in history.   

1815  Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1821  Death of Martín Miguel de Güemes Argentine military leader (b. 1785) on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history death of rani Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857 (b. 1828)   

1862  Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49 on June - 17.   

1863  Isham W Garrott, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on June - 17.   

1885  On June - 17 gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies   

1898  On June - 17 death of edward Burne-Jones, English artist (b. 1833)   

1906  Harry N Pillsbury, US chess player, dies on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history lady Mosley, biographer, dies   

1918  On this day in history derek Barber, CEO (Countryside Commission), dies   

1928  On this day in history ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (Virulo, mocedades), dies   

1936  On June - 17 kenneth Loach, TV director (Singing the Blues in Red), dies   

1938  On June - 17 h V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, dies   

1939  On June - 17 death of eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France   

1941  On June - 17 johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 78   

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1239  On June - 17 birth of edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England   

1603  On this day in history birth of joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)   

1604  On this day in history birth of johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House)   

1682  On June - 17 birth of charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)   

1691  On this day in history birth of giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)   

1693  Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775) was born on June - 17.   

1703  John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists) was born on this day in history.   

1704  John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780) was born on June - 17.