Famous Deaths In April - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0326 On April - 17 death of alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
0485 Proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens [or Apr 14] on April - 17.
0617 On this day in history death of donnán of Eigg, Celtic Christian martyr, patron saint of Eigg
0818 On April - 17 bernhard I, King of Italy, dies
0858 Benedict III, Italian Pope (855-58), dies on this day in history.
1080 On this day in history death of king Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
1272 Zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59 on this day in history.
1297 Willem van Afflighem, Flemish poet/abbot St Truiden, dies at about 86 on this day in history.
1427 Jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies on April - 17.
1539 On this day in history death of george, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471)
1574 On this day in history joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German philologist, dies
1630 On this day in history christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies
1679 John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1680 Death of Kateri Tekakwitha, first American Indian to receive beatification (b. 1656) on this day in history.
1696 On April - 17 death of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, French writer (b. 1626)
1711 Jozef I, [Habsburg], emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32 on April - 17.
1713 Death of David Hollatz, Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648) on this day in history.
1714 On April - 17 philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56
1726 On this day in history henriette Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49
1742 On April - 17 death of arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664)
1761 Death of Thomas Bayes, English mathematician on this day in history.
1764 On this day in history johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82
1790 Benjamin Franklin, US, (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84 on April - 17.
1799 On this day in history death of richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728)
1835 On this day in history william Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies
1837 On this day in history edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies
1838 J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71 on April - 17.
1843 On April - 17 death of samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762)
1854 On this day in history gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74
1863 On April - 17 daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61
1873 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1882 On this day in history death of george Jennings Sanitary engineer (b. 1810)
1890 On April - 17 john Barnett, composer, dies at 87
1891 On April - 17 jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77
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