Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17

0532  On October - 17 boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on this day in history.   

1312  On this day in history jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on October - 17.   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.   

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  On this day in history death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  On October - 17 death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)   

1673  On October - 17 death of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630)   

1702  On October - 17 walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies   

1757  Death of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683) on October - 17.   

1763  Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76 on October - 17.   

1776  On this day in history death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)   

1780  Death of William Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1786  On this day in history death of johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723)   

1806  Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history peter Winter, composer, dies at 71   

1836  Death of Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782) on this day in history.   

1837  Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 on October - 17.   

1849  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history death of laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775)   

1887  On October - 17 gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63   

1889  Death of Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828) on this day in history.   

1890  On October - 17 prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77   

1897  Isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1904  Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44   

1910  Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91 on October - 17.   

1917  Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 on October - 17.   

1918  Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies on this day in history.   

1921  On October - 17 katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45   

1931  Death of Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884) on this day in history.   

1934  Death of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1852) on October - 17.   

1941  On this day in history john S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies   

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1253  On October - 17 birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on this day in history.   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on October - 17.   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1623  On October - 17 birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

1626  On October - 17 birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on October - 17.   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on this day in history.